The globular cluster system of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy: the age of Terzan 8     

Montegriffo  Bellazzini  Ferraro  Martins  Sarajedini  & Fusi Pecci 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》1998,294(2):315-326

We present deep V - and I -band CCD photometry of the globular cluster Terzan 8, recently found to be a member of the globular cluster system of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy. We accurately estimate the metallicity of Terzan 8, and provide the first direct determination of the colour excess toward this cluster. Our robust age estimate confirms that this cluster is indeed coeval with typical Galactic globulars of comparable metal content, and thus it is probably significantly older than at least two other Sagittarius clusters, Terzan 7 and Arp 2. The implications of this result on the star formation history of the Sagittarius galaxy are briefly discussed.  相似文献   

The lower main sequence of the globular cluster M3 with the Hubble Space Telescope: luminosity and mass functions     

Marconi  Buonanno  Carretta  Ferraro  Fusi Pecci  Montegriffo  de Marchi  Paresce  & Laget 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》1998,293(4):479-488

We present HST observations of the lower main sequence of the Galactic globular cluster M3. Our data, obtained with WFPC2 in the F814W and F555W filters, sample a region centred about 4 arcmin away from the cluster centre (at ∼4.2 core radii). The photometry of the WF2, WF3 and WF4 fields extends down to V ∼26.5 ( I ∼25), much deeper than any previous ground-based study on this cluster. The resulting luminosity function (LF) for the main sequence covers the interval M_I =3–10.5, and reaches a maximum between M_I =8.5 and 9, sharing in this feature the same behaviour as other clusters studied with HST so far. Making use of four different mass–luminosity (M–L) relations (theoretical and semi-empirical) a present-day mass function (MF) has also been obtained, which spans the mass interval ≃0.8–0.18 M⊙. Independent of the adopted M–L relation, the MF clearly flattens out at the low-mass limits. However, no attempt has been made to take into account possible effects due, for instance, to mass segregation and evaporation.  相似文献   

Towards the absolute planes: a new calibration of the bolometric corrections and temperature scales for Population II giants     

P. Montegriffo  F. R. Ferraro  L. Origlia  & F. Fusi Pecci 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》1998,297(3):872-884

We present new determinations of bolometric corrections and effective temperature scales as a function of infrared optical colours, using a large data base of photometric observations of about 6500 Population II giants in Galactic globular clusters (GGCs), covering a wide range in metallicity (−2.0 < [Fe/H] < 0.0).   New relations for BC _K versus ( V  −  K ) , ( J  −  K ) and BC _V versus ( B  −  V ), ( V  −  I ), ( V  −  J ), and new calibrations for T _eff, using both an empirical relation and model atmospheres, are provided.   Moreover, an empirical relation to derive the R parameter of the infrared flux method as a function of the stellar temperature is also presented.  相似文献