Near-infrared array photometry of evolved stars in the metal-rich globular cluster NGC 6553

1994 ◽  
Vol 107 ◽  
pp. 240 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. J. Davidge ◽  
D. A. Simons
Keyword(s):  
Globular Cluster ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Evolved Stars ◽  
Infrared Array

scholarly journals Line observations of the 30-Dor complex and N159A5 with the MPE imaging NIR spectrometer FAST

1991 ◽  
Vol 148 ◽  
pp. 205-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Krabbe ◽  
J. Storey ◽  
V. Rotaciuc ◽  
S. Drapatz ◽  
R. Genzel
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Resolution ◽  
Molecular Hydrogen ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Large Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Emission Lines ◽  
Resolving Power ◽  
Max Planck ◽  
First Time ◽  
Infrared Array

Images with subarcsec spatial resolution in the light of near-infrared atomic (Bry) and molecular hydrogen H2 (S(1) v=1-0) emission lines were obtained for some extended, pointlike objects in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) for the first time. We used the Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE) near-infrared array spectrometer FAST (image scale 0.8”/pix, spectral resolving power 950) at the ESO/MPI 2.2m telescope, La Silla. We present some results on the 30-Dor complex and N159A5.

scholarly journals A RE-EVALUATION OF THE EVOLVED STARS IN THE GLOBULAR CLUSTER M13

2010 ◽  
Vol 139 (6) ◽  
pp. 2374-2409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric L. Sandquist ◽  
Mark Gordon ◽  
Daniel Levine ◽  
Michael Bolte
Keyword(s):  
Globular Cluster ◽  
Evolved Stars

scholarly journals Extragalactic GCs in the near-infrared: genuinely old in E/S0's?

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (S262) ◽  
pp. 315-316
Author(s):  
Ana L. Chies-Santos ◽  
Søren S. Larsen
Keyword(s):  
Globular Cluster ◽  
Stellar Population ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Local Group ◽  
Stellar Populations ◽  
Age Dating ◽  
Early Type ◽  
Optical Photometry ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Optical Images

Globular cluster (GC) systems are powerful probes to study the evolutionary histories of galaxies, being tracers of major star fomation episodes (Brodie & Strader 2006). They are found around all major galaxies and are easy to see far beyond the local group. Age dating GCs therefore helps pinpoint epochs of major star forming events. Spectroscopic age dating though (Strader et al. 2005) is extremely time consuming and can only access the few brightest clusters. An alternative is to combine near-infrared (NIR) and optical photometry, and therefore have a better chance in lifting the age metallicity degeneracy than with optical colours alone. This approach relies in testing GC colours against simple stellar population (SSP) models. The first studies following this technique showed the possible existence of a high percentage of intermediate age (2-3 Gyrs) GCs in early-type galaxies known to contain old stellar populations from integrated light studies. Two strong cases can be listed: NGC 4365 (Puzia et al. 2002, Larsen et al. 2005) and NGC 5846 (Hempel et al. 2003). In the present study we combine NIR deep photometry obtained with the WHT/LIRIS instrument and archival HST/ACS optical images to determine g(F475W), z(F840LP) and K(2.2m) magnitudes and colours of GCs in 14 early-type galaxies.

scholarly journals Hunting for brown dwarfs in the globular cluster M4: second epoch HST NIR observations

2019 ◽  
Vol 486 (2) ◽  
pp. 2254-2264 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Dieball ◽  
L R Bedin ◽  
C Knigge ◽  
M Geffert ◽  
R M Rich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Globular Cluster ◽  
White Dwarf ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Magnitude Estimate ◽  
Cluster Member ◽  
Imaging Data ◽  
Brown Dwarf ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Bona Fide ◽  
Low Mass

ABSTRACT We present an analysis of the second epoch Hubble Space TelescopeWide Field Camera 3 F110W near-infrared (NIR) imaging data of the globular cluster M 4. The new data set suggests that one of the previously suggested four brown dwarf candidates in this cluster is indeed a high-probability cluster member. The position of this object in the NIR colour–magnitude diagrams (CMDs) is in the white dwarf/brown dwarf area. The source is too faint to be a low-mass main-sequence (MS) star, but, according to theoretical considerations, also most likely somewhat too bright to be a bona-fide brown dwarf. Since we know that the source is a cluster member, we determined a new optical magnitude estimate at the position the source should have in the optical image. This new estimate places the source closer to the white dwarf sequence in the optical–NIR CMD and suggests that it might be a very cool (Teff ≤ 4500 K) white dwarf at the bottom of the white dwarf cooling sequence in M 4, or a white dwarf/brown dwarf binary. We cannot entirely exclude the possibility that the source is a very massive, bright brown dwarf, or a very low-mass MS star, however, we conclude that we still have not convincingly detected a brown dwarf in a globular cluster, but we expect to be very close to the start of the brown dwarf cooling sequence in this cluster. We also note that the MS ends at F110W ≈ 22.5 mag in the proper-motion cleaned CMDs, where completeness is still high.

Near-infrared speckle interferometry of evolved stars and bipolar nebulae

1984 ◽  
Vol 287 ◽  
pp. 801 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. M. Dyck ◽  
B. Zuckerman ◽  
Ch. Leinert ◽  
S. Beckwith
Keyword(s):  
Near Infrared ◽  
Speckle Interferometry ◽  
Evolved Stars

scholarly journals Near-Infrared Stellar Populations in the metal-poor, Dwarf irregular Galaxies Sextans A and Leo A

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (S343) ◽  
pp. 429-430
Author(s):  
Olivia C. Jones ◽  
Matthew T. Maclay ◽  
Martha L. Boyer ◽  
Margaret Meixner ◽  
Iain McDonald
Keyword(s):  
Near Infrared ◽  
Infrared Camera ◽  
Stellar Populations ◽  
Asymptotic Giant Branch ◽  
Evolved Stars ◽  
Irregular Galaxies ◽  
Tentative Evidence ◽  
Period Variable ◽  
Red Giant ◽  
Dwarf Irregular Galaxies

AbstractWe present JHK observations of the metal-poor $$(\left[ {{\rm{Fe}}/{\rm{H}}} \right] < - 1.40)$$ dwarf-irregular galaxies, Leo A and Sextans A, obtained with the WIYN High-resolution Infrared Camera. Their near-IR stellar populations are characterized by using a combination of color-magnitude diagrams and by identifying long-period variable (LPV) stars. We detected red giant and asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars, consistent with membership of the galaxy’s intermediate-age populations (2-8 Gyr old). We identify 32 dusty evolved stars in Leo A and 101 dusty stars in Sextans A, confirming that metal-poor stars can form substantial amounts of dust. We also find tentative evidence for oxygen-rich dust formation at low metallicity, contradicting previous models that suggest oxygen-rich dust production is inhibited in metal-poor environments. The majority of this dust is produced by a few very dusty evolved stars.

scholarly journals The Formation and Evolution of Star Clusters and Galaxies

2005 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 347-349
Author(s):  
Stephen E. Zepf
Keyword(s):  
Galaxy Formation ◽  
Globular Cluster ◽  
Globular Clusters ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Cluster Formation ◽  
Star Clusters ◽  
Elliptical Galaxies ◽  
Cluster Systems ◽  
Important Observation ◽  
Formation And Evolution

AbstractThis paper addresses the questions of what we have learned about how and when dense star clusters form, and what studies of star clusters have revealed about galaxy formation and evolution. One important observation is that globular clusters are observed to form in galaxy mergers and starbursts in the local universe, which both provides constraints on models of globular cluster formation, and suggests that similar physical conditions existed when most early-type galaxies and their globular clusters formed in the past. A second important observation is that globular cluster systems typically have bimodal color distributions. This was predicted by merger models, and indicates an episodic formation history for elliptical galaxies. A third and very recent result is the discovery of large populations of intermediate age globular clusters in several elliptical galaxies through the use of optical to near-infrared colors. These provide an important link between young cluster systems observed in starbursts and mergers and old cluster systems. This continuum of ages of the metal-rich globular cluster systems also indicates that there is no special age or epoch for the formation of the metal-rich globular clusters, which comprise about half of the cluster population. The paper concludes with a brief discussion of recent results on the globular cluster – low-mass X-ray binary connection.

scholarly journals Properties of the Young Milky Way globular cluster Whiting 1 from near-infrared photometry

2014 ◽  
Vol 446 (1) ◽  
pp. 730-736 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. T. Valcheva ◽  
E. P. Ovcharov ◽  
A. D. Lalova ◽  
P. L. Nedialkov ◽  
V. D. Ivanov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Globular Cluster ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Milky Way ◽  
Infrared Photometry

THE ABSOLUTE AGE OF THE GLOBULAR CLUSTER M15 USING NEAR-INFRARED ADAPTIVE OPTICS IMAGES FROM PISCES/LBT

2015 ◽  
Vol 812 (1) ◽  
pp. 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Monelli ◽  
V. Testa ◽  
G. Bono ◽  
I. Ferraro ◽  
G. Iannicola ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Optics ◽  
Globular Cluster ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
The Absolute ◽  
Absolute Age

scholarly journals Deep near-infrared photometry of the globular cluster 47 Tucanae. Reconciling theory and observations

2007 ◽  
Vol 476 (1) ◽  
pp. 243-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Salaris ◽  
E. V. Held ◽  
S. Ortolani ◽  
M. Gullieuszik ◽  
Y. Momany
Keyword(s):  
Globular Cluster ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Infrared Photometry
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