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The SMC Southern Bridge in 8D </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Parisi%2C+M+C">M. C. Parisi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Oliveira%2C+R+A+P">R. A. P. Oliveira</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Angelo%2C+M">M. Angelo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Dias%2C+B">B. Dias</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Maia%2C+F">F. Maia</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Saroon%2C+S">S. Saroon</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Feinstein%2C+C">C. Feinstein</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">J. F. C. Santos Jr.</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bica%2C+E">E. Bica</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ferreira%2C+B+P+L">B. Pereira Lima Ferreira</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Fern%C3%A1ndez-Trincado%2C+J+G">J. G. Fern谩ndez-Trincado</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Westera%2C+P">P. Westera</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Minniti%2C+D">D. Minniti</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Garro%2C+E+R">E. R. Garro</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santrich%2C+O+J+K">O. J. Katime Santrich</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=De+Bortoli%2C+B">B. De Bortoli</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Souza%2C+S">S. Souza</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Kerber%2C+L">L. Kerber</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=P%C3%A9rez-Villegas%2C+A">A. P茅rez-Villegas</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2312.09756v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The structure of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) outside of its main body is characterised by tidal branches resulting from its interactions mainly with the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Characterising the stellar populations in these tidal components helps to understand the dynamical history of this galaxy and of the Magellanic system in general. We provide full phase-space vector information fo… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2312.09756v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2312.09756v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2312.09756v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The structure of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) outside of its main body is characterised by tidal branches resulting from its interactions mainly with the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Characterising the stellar populations in these tidal components helps to understand the dynamical history of this galaxy and of the Magellanic system in general. We provide full phase-space vector information for Southern Bridge clusters. We performed a photometric and spectroscopic analysis of twelve SMC clusters, doubling the number of SMC clusters with full phase-space vector information known to date. We reclassify the sample considering 3D distances and 3D velocities. We found that some of the clusters classified as Southern Bridge objects according to the projected 2D classification actually belong to the Main Body and Counter-Bridge in the background. The comparison of the kinematics of the genuine foreground Bridge clusters with those previously analysed in the same way reveals that Southern Bridge clusters are moving towards the LMC and share the kinematics of the Northern Bridge. Adding to our sample clusters from the literature with CaT metallicity determinations we compare the age-metallicity relation of the Southern Bridge with the one of the Northern Bridge. We reinforce the idea that both regions do not seem to have experienced the same chemical enrichment history and that there is a clear absence of clusters in the Northern Bridge older than 3Gyr and more metal-poor than -1.1, which would not seem to be due to a selection effect. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2312.09756v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2312.09756v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 15 December, 2023; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> December 2023. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">18 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.05503">arXiv:2306.05503</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2306.05503">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2306.05503">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics of Galaxies">astro-ph.GA</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Solar and Stellar Astrophysics">astro-ph.SR</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad1827">10.1093/mnras/stad1827 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> The VISCACHA survey -- VII. Assembly history of the Magellanic Bridge and SMC Wing from star clusters </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Oliveira%2C+R+A+P">R. A. P. Oliveira</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Maia%2C+F+F+S">F. F. S. Maia</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Barbuy%2C+B">B. Barbuy</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Dias%2C+B">B. Dias</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">J. F. C. Santos Jr.</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Souza%2C+S+O">S. O. Souza</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Kerber%2C+L+O">L. O. Kerber</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bica%2C+E">E. Bica</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Sanmartim%2C+D">D. Sanmartim</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Quint%2C+B">B. Quint</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Fraga%2C+L">L. Fraga</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Armond%2C+T">T. Armond</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Minniti%2C+D">D. Minniti</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Parisi%2C+M+C">M. C. Parisi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santrich%2C+O+J+K">O. J. Katime Santrich</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Angelo%2C+M+S">M. S. Angelo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=P%C3%A9rez-Villegas%2C+A">A. P茅rez-Villegas</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=De+B%C3%B3rtoli%2C+B+J">B. J. De B贸rtoli</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2306.05503v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The formation scenario of the Magellanic Bridge during an encounter between the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds $\sim200\,$Myr ago, as proposed by $N$-body models, would be imprinted in the chemical enrichment and kinematics of its stars, and sites of ongoing star formation along its extension. We present an analysis of 33 Bridge star clusters using photometry obtained with the SOAR 4-m telescop… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2306.05503v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2306.05503v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2306.05503v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The formation scenario of the Magellanic Bridge during an encounter between the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds $\sim200\,$Myr ago, as proposed by $N$-body models, would be imprinted in the chemical enrichment and kinematics of its stars, and sites of ongoing star formation along its extension. We present an analysis of 33 Bridge star clusters using photometry obtained with the SOAR 4-m telescope equipped with adaptive optics for the VISCACHA survey. We performed a membership selection and derived self-consistent ages, metallicities, distances and reddening values via statistical isochrone fitting, as well as tidal radii and integrated masses from structure analysis. Two groups are clearly detected: 13 well-studied clusters older than the Bridge, with $0.5-6.8\,$Gyr and $\rm{[Fe/H]}<-0.6\,$dex; and 15 clusters with $< 200\,$Myr and $\rm{[Fe/H]}>-0.5\,$dex, probably formed in-situ. The old clusters follow the overall age and metallicity gradients of the SMC, whereas the younger ones are uniformly distributed along the Bridge. The main results are as follows: $(i)$ we derive ages and metallicities for the first time for 9 and 18 clusters, respectively; $(ii)$ we detect two metallicity dips in the age-metallicity relation of the Bridge at $\sim 200\,$Myr and $1.5\,$Gyr ago for the first time, possibly chemical signatures of the formation of the Bridge and Magellanic Stream; $(iii)$ we estimate a minimum stellar mass for the Bridge of $3-5 \times 10^5\,M_\odot$; $(iv)$ we confirm that all the young Bridge clusters at $\rm{RA} < 3^h$ are metal-rich $\rm{[Fe/H]} \sim -0.4\,$dex. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2306.05503v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2306.05503v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 8 June, 2023; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> June 2023. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">15 pages, 13 figures + appendix. Accepted for publication in MNRAS</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.02209">arXiv:2304.02209</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2304.02209">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2304.02209">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics of Galaxies">astro-ph.GA</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Solar and Stellar Astrophysics">astro-ph.SR</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad1038">10.1093/mnras/stad1038 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Enlightening the dynamical evolution of Galactic open clusters: an approach using Gaia DR3 and analytical descriptions </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Angelo%2C+M+S">M. S. Angelo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">J. F. C. Santos Jr.</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Maia%2C+F+F+S">F. F. S. Maia</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Corradi%2C+W+J+B">W. J. B. Corradi</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2304.02209v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Most stars in our Galaxy form in stellar aggregates, which can become long-lived structures called open clusters (OCs). Along their dynamical evolution, their gradual depletion leave some imprints on their structure. In this work, we employed astrometric, photometric and spectroscopic data from the \textit{Gaia} DR3 catalogue to uniformly characterize a sample of 60 OCs. Structural parameters (tid… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2304.02209v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2304.02209v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2304.02209v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Most stars in our Galaxy form in stellar aggregates, which can become long-lived structures called open clusters (OCs). Along their dynamical evolution, their gradual depletion leave some imprints on their structure. In this work, we employed astrometric, photometric and spectroscopic data from the \textit{Gaia} DR3 catalogue to uniformly characterize a sample of 60 OCs. Structural parameters (tidal, core and half-light radii, respectively, $r_t$, $r_c$ and $r_h$), age, mass ($M_{\textrm{clu}}$), distance, reddening, besides Jacobi radius ($R_J$) and half-light relaxation time ($t_{rh}$), are derived from radial density profiles and astrometrically decontaminated colour-magnitude diagrams. Ages and Galactocentric distances ($R_G$) range from 7.2$\,\lesssim\,$log($t.$yr$^{-1}$)$\,\lesssim\,$9.8 and 6$\,\lesssim\,R_G$(kpc)$\,\lesssim\,$12. Analytical expressions derived from $N$-body simulations, taken from the literature, are also employed to estimate the OC initial mass ($M_{\textrm{ini}}$) and mass loss due to exclusively dynamical effects. Both $r_c$ and the tidal filling ratio, $r_h/R_J$, tend to decrease with the dynamical age (=$t/t_{rh}$), indicating the shrinking of the OCs' internal structure as consequence of internal dynamical relaxation. This dependence seems differentially affected by the external tidal field, since OCs at smaller $R_G$ tend to be dynamically older and have smaller $M_{\textrm{clu}}/M_{\textrm{ini}}$ ratios. In this sense, for $R_G\lesssim8\,$kpc, the $r_h/R_J$ ratio presents a slight positive correlation with $R_G$. Beyond this limit, there is a dichotomy in which more massive OCs tend to be more compact and therefore less subject to tidal stripping in comparison to those less massive and looser OCs at similar $R_G$. Besides, the $r_t/R_J$ ratio also tends to correlate positively with $R_G$. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2304.02209v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2304.02209v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 4 April, 2023; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> April 2023. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">21 pages, 15 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.09685">arXiv:2212.09685</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2212.09685">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2212.09685">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Solar and Stellar Astrophysics">astro-ph.SR</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics of Galaxies">astro-ph.GA</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics">astro-ph.IM</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> The VISCACHA survey -- VI. Dimensional study of the structure of 82 star clusters in the Magellanic Clouds </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Rodr%C3%ADguez%2C+M+J">M. Jimena Rodr铆guez</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Feinstein%2C+C">C. Feinstein</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Baume%2C+G">G. Baume</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Dias%2C+B">B. Dias</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Maia%2C+F+S+M">F. S. M. Maia</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">J. F. C. Santos Jr.</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Kerber%2C+L">L. Kerber</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Minniti%2C+D">D. Minniti</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=P%C3%A9rez-Villegas%2C+A">A. P茅rez-Villegas</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=De+B%C3%B3rtoli%2C+B">B. De B贸rtoli</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Parisi%2C+M+C">M. C. Parisi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Oliveira%2C+R+A+P">R. A. P. Oliveira</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2212.09685v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> We present a study of the internal structure of 82 star clusters located at the outer regions of the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud using data of the VISCACHA Survey. Through the construction of the minimum spanning tree, which analyzes the relative position of stars within a given cluster, it was possible to characterize the internal structure and explore the fractal or sub… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2212.09685v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2212.09685v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2212.09685v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> We present a study of the internal structure of 82 star clusters located at the outer regions of the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud using data of the VISCACHA Survey. Through the construction of the minimum spanning tree, which analyzes the relative position of stars within a given cluster, it was possible to characterize the internal structure and explore the fractal or subclustered distribution for each cluster. We computed the parameters m (which is the average length of the connected segments normalized by the area), s (which is the mean points separation in units of cluster radius), and Q (the ratio of these components). These parameters are useful to distinguish between radial, homogeneous, and substructured distributions of stars. The dependence of these parameters with the different characteristics of the clusters, such as their ages and spatial distribution, was also studied. We found that most of the studied clusters present a homogeneous stellar distribution or a distribution with a radial concentration. Our results are consistent with the models, suggesting that more dynamically evolved clusters seem to have larger Q values, confirming previous results from numerical simulations. There also seems to be a correlation between the internal structure of the clusters and their galactocentric distances, in the sense that for both galaxies, the more distant clusters have larger Q values. We also paid particular attention to the effects of contamination by non-member field stars and its consequences finding that field star decontamination is crucial for these kinds of studies. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2212.09685v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2212.09685v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 19 December, 2022; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> December 2022. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">9 pages, 11 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.05532">arXiv:2209.05532</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2209.05532">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2209.05532">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics of Galaxies">astro-ph.GA</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Solar and Stellar Astrophysics">astro-ph.SR</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slac108">10.1093/mnrasl/slac108 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> The VISCACHA survey -- V. Rejuvenating three faint SMC clusters </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bica%2C+E">E. Bica</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Maia%2C+F+F+S">F. F. S. Maia</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Oliveira%2C+R+A+P">R. A. P. Oliveira</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Dias%2C+B">B. Dias</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">J. F. C. Santos Jr.</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Rocha%2C+J+P">J. P. Rocha</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Kerber%2C+L">L. Kerber</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Gardin%2C+J+F">J. F. Gardin</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Armond%2C+T">T. Armond</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Parisi%2C+M+C">M. C. Parisi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Souza%2C+S+O">S. O. Souza</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Barbuy%2C+B">B. Barbuy</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2209.05532v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> We present the analysis of three faint clusters of the Small Magellanic Cloud RZ82, HW42 and RZ158. We employed the SOAR telescope instrument SAM with adaptive optics, allowing us to reach to V~23-24 mag, unprecedentedly, a depth sufficient to measure ages of up to about 10-12Gyr. All three clusters are resolved to their centres, and the resulting colour-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) allow us to deriv… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2209.05532v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2209.05532v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2209.05532v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> We present the analysis of three faint clusters of the Small Magellanic Cloud RZ82, HW42 and RZ158. We employed the SOAR telescope instrument SAM with adaptive optics, allowing us to reach to V~23-24 mag, unprecedentedly, a depth sufficient to measure ages of up to about 10-12Gyr. All three clusters are resolved to their centres, and the resulting colour-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) allow us to derive ages of 3.9, 2.6, and 4.8Gyr respectively. These results are significantly younger than previous determinations (7.1, 5.0, and 8.3Gyr, respectively), based on integrated photometry or shallower CMDs. We rule out older ages for these clusters based on deep photometry and statistical isochrone fitting. We also estimate metallicities for the three clusters of [Fe/H]=-0.68, -0.57 and -0.90, respectively. These updated ages and metallicities are in good agreement with the age-metallicity relation for the bulk of SMC clusters. Total cluster masses ranging from ~7-11x10^3Mo were estimated from integrated flux, consistent with masses estimated for other SMC clusters of similar ages. These results reduce the number of SMC clusters known to be older than about 5 Gyr and highlight the need of deep and spatially resolved photometry to determine accurate ages for older, low-luminosity SMC star clusters. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2209.05532v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2209.05532v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 12 September, 2022; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> September 2022. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Accepted for publication as MNRAS letter, 5 pages, 5 figures</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.11119">arXiv:2201.11119</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2201.11119">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/ps/2201.11119">ps</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2201.11119">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics of Galaxies">astro-ph.GA</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Solar and Stellar Astrophysics">astro-ph.SR</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac259">10.1093/mnras/stac259 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> The VISCACHA survey -- IV. The SMC West Halo in 8D </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Dias%2C+B">B. Dias</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Parisi%2C+M+C">M. C. Parisi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Angelo%2C+M">M. Angelo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Maia%2C+F">F. Maia</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Oliveira%2C+R+A+P">R. A. P. Oliveira</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Souza%2C+S+O">S. O. Souza</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Kerber%2C+L+O">L. O. Kerber</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">J. F. C. Santos Jr.</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=P%C3%A9rez-Villegas%2C+A">A. P茅rez-Villegas</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Sanmartim%2C+D">D. Sanmartim</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Quint%2C+B">B. Quint</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Fraga%2C+L">L. Fraga</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Barbuy%2C+B">B. Barbuy</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bica%2C+E">E. Bica</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santrich%2C+O+J+K">O. J. Katime Santrich</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Hernandez-Jimenez%2C+J+A">J. A. Hernandez-Jimenez</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Geisler%2C+D">D. Geisler</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Minniti%2C+D">D. Minniti</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=De+B%C3%B3rtoli%2C+B+J">B. J. De B贸rtoli</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bassino%2C+L+P">L. P. Bassino</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Rocha%2C+J+P">J. P. Rocha</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2201.11119v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The structure of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is very complex, in particular in the periphery that suffers more from the interactions with the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). A wealth of observational evidence has been accumulated revealing tidal tails and bridges made up of gas, stars and star clusters. Nevertheless, a full picture of the SMC outskirts is only recently starting to emerge with a… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2201.11119v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2201.11119v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2201.11119v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The structure of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is very complex, in particular in the periphery that suffers more from the interactions with the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). A wealth of observational evidence has been accumulated revealing tidal tails and bridges made up of gas, stars and star clusters. Nevertheless, a full picture of the SMC outskirts is only recently starting to emerge with a 6D phase-space map plus age and metallicity using star clusters as tracers. In this work, we continue our analysis of another outer region of the SMC, the so-called West Halo, and combined it with the previously analysed Northern Bridge. We use both structures to define the Bridge and Counter-bridge trailing and leading tidal tails. These two structures are moving away from each other, roughly in the SMC-LMC direction. The West Halo form a ring around the SMC inner regions that goes up to the background of the Northern Bridge shaping an extended layer of the Counter-bridge. Four old Bridge clusters were identified at distances larger than 8 kpc from the SMC centre moving towards the LMC, which is consistent with the SMC-LMC closest distance of 7.5 kpc when the Magellanic Bridge was formed about 150Myr ago; this shows that the Magellanic Bridge was not formed only by pulled gas, but it also removed older stars from the SMC during its formation. We also found age and metallicity radial gradients using projected distances on sky, which are vanished when we use the real 3D distances. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2201.11119v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2201.11119v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 26 January, 2022; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> January 2022. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">14 pages, 8 figures + appendix. Accepted for publication in MNRAS</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.15247">arXiv:2112.15247</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2112.15247">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2112.15247">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics of Galaxies">astro-ph.GA</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3807">10.1093/mnras/stab3807 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Investigating Galactic binary cluster candidates with Gaia EDR3 </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Angelo%2C+M+S">M. S. Angelo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">J. F. C. Santos Jr</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Maia%2C+F+F+S">F. F. S. Maia</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Corradi%2C+W+J+B">W. J. B. Corradi</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2112.15247v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> A number of stellar open cluster (OC) pairs in the Milky Way occupy similar positions in the phase space (coordinates, parallax and proper motions) and therefore may constitute physically interacting systems. The characterization of such objects based on observational data is a fundamental step towards a proper understanding of their physical status and to investigate cluster pair formation in the… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2112.15247v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2112.15247v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2112.15247v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> A number of stellar open cluster (OC) pairs in the Milky Way occupy similar positions in the phase space (coordinates, parallax and proper motions) and therefore may constitute physically interacting systems. The characterization of such objects based on observational data is a fundamental step towards a proper understanding of their physical status and to investigate cluster pair formation in the Galaxy. In this work, we employed Gaia EDR3 data to investigate a set of 16 OCs distributed as seven stellar aggregates. We determined structural parameters and applied a decontamination technique that allowed to obtain unambiguous lists of member stars. The studied OCs span Galactocentric distances and ages in the ranges ~7 < $R_G$ (kpc) < ~11 and 7.3 <= log t <= 9.2. Eight OCs were found to constitute 4 gravitationally bound pairs (NGC5617-Trumpler22, Collinder394-NGC6716, Ruprecht100-Ruprecht101, NGC659-NGC663, the latter being a dynamically unevolved binary) and other 4 clusters constitute 2 interacting, but gravitationally unbound, pairs (King16-Berkeley4, NGC2383-NGC2384, the latter being a dissolving OC). Other 4 OCs (Dias1, Pismis19, Czernik20, NGC1857) seem not associated to any stellar aggregates. Apparently, clusters within bound and dynamically evolved pairs tend to present ratios of half-light to tidal radius larger than single clusters located at similar $R_G$, suggesting that mutual tidal interactions may possibly affect their structural parameters. Unbound or dynamically unevolved systems seems to present less noticeable signature of tidal forces on their structure. Moreover, the core radius seems more importantly correlated with the clusters' internal dynamical relaxation process. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2112.15247v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2112.15247v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 30 December, 2021; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> December 2021. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Accepted for publication in MNRAS</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.02600">arXiv:2103.02600</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2103.02600">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2103.02600">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics of Galaxies">astro-ph.GA</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Solar and Stellar Astrophysics">astro-ph.SR</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202040015">10.1051/0004-6361/202040015 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> The VISCACHA survey -- III. Star clusters counterpart of the Magellanic Bridge and Counter-Bridge in 8D </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Dias%2C+B">B. Dias</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Angelo%2C+M+S">M. S. Angelo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Oliveira%2C+R+A+P">R. A. P. Oliveira</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Maia%2C+F">F. Maia</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Parisi%2C+M+C">M. C. Parisi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=De+Bortoli%2C+B">B. De Bortoli</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Souza%2C+S+O">S. O. Souza</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santrich%2C+O+J+K">O. J. Katime Santrich</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bassino%2C+L+P">L. P. Bassino</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Barbuy%2C+B">B. Barbuy</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bica%2C+E">E. Bica</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Geisler%2C+D">D. Geisler</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Kerber%2C+L">L. Kerber</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=P%C3%A9rez-Villegas%2C+A">A. P茅rez-Villegas</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Quint%2C+B">B. Quint</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Sanmartim%2C+D">D. Sanmartim</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">J. F. C. Santos Jr.</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Westera%2C+P">P. Westera</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2103.02600v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Context. The interactions between the SMC and LMC created the Magellanic Bridge, a stream of gas and stars pulled out of the SMC towards the LMC about 150 Myr ago. The tidal counterpart of this structure, which should include a trailing arm, has been predicted by models but no compelling observational evidence has confirmed the Counter-Bridge so far. Aims. The main goal of this work is to find the… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2103.02600v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2103.02600v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2103.02600v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Context. The interactions between the SMC and LMC created the Magellanic Bridge, a stream of gas and stars pulled out of the SMC towards the LMC about 150 Myr ago. The tidal counterpart of this structure, which should include a trailing arm, has been predicted by models but no compelling observational evidence has confirmed the Counter-Bridge so far. Aims. The main goal of this work is to find the stellar counterpart of the Magellanic Bridge and Counter-Bridge. We use star clusters in the SMC outskirts as they provide 6D phase-space vector, age and metallicity that help characterise the outskirts of the SMC. Methods. Distances, ages and photometric metallicities are derived from fitting isochrones to the colour-magnitude diagrams from the VISCACHA survey. Radial velocities and spectroscopic metallicities are derived from the spectroscopic follow-up using GMOS in the CaII triplet region. Results. Among the seven clusters analysed in this work, five belong to the Magellanic Bridge and one belongs to the Counter-Bridge and the other to the transition region. Conclusions. The existence of the tidal counterpart of the Magellanic Bridge is evidenced by star clusters. The stellar component of the Magellanic Bridge and Counter-Bridge are confirmed in the SMC outskirts. These results are an important constraint for models that seek to reconstruct the history of the orbit and interactions between LMC-SMC and constrain their future interaction including with the Milky Way. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2103.02600v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2103.02600v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 3 March, 2021; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> March 2021. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">10 pages, 7 figures. Astronomy and Astrophysics Letter, accepted. For associated video file (fig.A.4), see https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mSx3z6vDjHUneEeVq1i-MHwXZ1O0pZ-f</span> </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> A&A 647, L9 (2021) </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.10982">arXiv:2101.10982</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2101.10982">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2101.10982">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics of Galaxies">astro-ph.GA</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Solar and Stellar Astrophysics">astro-ph.SR</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slab011">10.1093/mnrasl/slab011 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> New star clusters discovered towards the Galactic bulge direction using Gaia DR2 </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ferreira%2C+F+A">Filipe A. Ferreira</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Corradi%2C+W+J+B">W. J. B. Corradi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Maia%2C+F+F+S">F. F. S. Maia</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Angelo%2C+M+S">M. S. Angelo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">J. F. C. Santos Jr</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2101.10982v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> We report the discovery of 34 new open clusters and candidates as a result of a systematic search carried out in 200 adjacent fields of 1x1 square degrees area projected towards the Galactic bulge, using Gaia DR2 data. The objects were identified and characterized by a joint analysis of their photometric, kinematic and spatial distribution, which has been consistently used and proved to be effecti… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2101.10982v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2101.10982v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2101.10982v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> We report the discovery of 34 new open clusters and candidates as a result of a systematic search carried out in 200 adjacent fields of 1x1 square degrees area projected towards the Galactic bulge, using Gaia DR2 data. The objects were identified and characterized by a joint analysis of their photometric, kinematic and spatial distribution, which has been consistently used and proved to be effective in our previous works. The discoveries were validated by cross-referencing the objects position and astrometric parameters with the available literature. Besides their coordinates and astrometric parameters, we also provide sizes, ages, distances and reddening for the discovered objects. In particular, 32 clusters are closer than 2 kpc from the Sun, which represents an increment of nearly 39% of objects with astrophysical parameters determined in the nearby inner disk. Although these objects fill an important gap in the open clusters distribution along the Sagittarius arm, this arm, traced by known clusters, appears to be interrupted, which may be an artifact due to the incompleteness of the cluster census. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2101.10982v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2101.10982v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 26 January, 2021; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> January 2021. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">5 pages, 4 figures, Accepted in MNRAS Jan-2021</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.04825">arXiv:2010.04825</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2010.04825">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2010.04825">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics of Galaxies">astro-ph.GA</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa3192">10.1093/mnras/staa3192 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Characterizing dynamical states of Galactic open clusters with Gaia DR2 </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Angelo%2C+M+S">M. S. Angelo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Corradi%2C+W+J+B">W. J. B. Corradi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">J. F. C. Santos Jr.</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Maia%2C+F+F+S">F. F. S. Maia</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ferreira%2C+F+A">F. A. Ferreira</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2010.04825v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> In this work, we investigate the dynamical properties of 38 Galactic open clusters: 34 of them are located at low Galactic latitudes (|b| < 10$^{\circ}$) and are projected against dense stellar fields; the other 4 comparison objects present clearer contrasts with the field population. We determine structural and time-related parameters that are associated with the clusters' dynamical evolution: co… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2010.04825v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2010.04825v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2010.04825v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> In this work, we investigate the dynamical properties of 38 Galactic open clusters: 34 of them are located at low Galactic latitudes (|b| < 10$^{\circ}$) and are projected against dense stellar fields; the other 4 comparison objects present clearer contrasts with the field population. We determine structural and time-related parameters that are associated with the clusters' dynamical evolution: core ($r_c$), tidal ($r_t$) and half-mass ($r_{hm}$) radii, ages ($t$) and crossing times ($t_{cr}$). We have also incorporated results for 27 previously studied clusters, creating a sample of 65, spanning the age and Galactocentric distance ($R_G$) ranges: 7.0 < log ($t$) < 9.7 and 6 < $R_G$ (kpc) < 13. We employ a uniform analysis method which incorporates photometric and astrometric data from the Gaia DR2 catalogue. Member stars are identified by employing a decontamination algorithm which operates on the 3D astrometric space of parallax and proper motion and attributes membership likelihoods for stars in the cluster region. Our results show that the internal relaxation causes $r_c$ to correlate negatively with the dynamical ratio $蟿_{dyn}$ = $t/t_{cr}$. This implies that dynamically older systems tend to be more centrally concentrated. The more concentrated ones tend to present smaller $r_{hm}/r_t$ ratios, which means that they are less subject to tidal disruption. The analysis of coeval groups at compatible $R_G$ suggests that the inner structure of clusters is reasonably insensitive to variations in the external tidal field. Additionally, our results confirm, on average, an increase in $r_t$ for regions with less intense Galactic gravitational field. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2010.04825v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2010.04825v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 9 October, 2020; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> October 2020. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">18 pages, 12 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.04399">arXiv:2008.04399</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2008.04399">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/ps/2008.04399">ps</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2008.04399">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics of Galaxies">astro-ph.GA</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa2425">10.1093/mnras/staa2425 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> The VISCACHA survey -- II. Structure of star clusters in the Magellanic Clouds periphery </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">J. F. C. Santos Jr.</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Maia%2C+F+F+S">F. F. S. Maia</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Dias%2C+B">B. Dias</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Kerber%2C+L+d+O">L. de O. Kerber</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Piatti%2C+A+E">A. E. Piatti</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bica%2C+E">E. Bica</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Angelo%2C+M+S">M. S. Angelo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Minniti%2C+D">D. Minniti</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=P%C3%A9rez-Villegas%2C+A">A. P茅rez-Villegas</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Roman-Lopes%2C+A">A. Roman-Lopes</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Westera%2C+P">P. Westera</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Fraga%2C+L">L. Fraga</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Quint%2C+B">B. Quint</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Sanmartim%2C+D">D. Sanmartim</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2008.04399v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> We provide a homogeneous set of structural parameters of 83 star clusters located at the periphery of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) and the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The clusters' stellar density and surface brightness profiles were built from deep, AO assisted optical images, and uniform analysis techniques. The structural parameters were obtained from King and Elson et al. model fittings.… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2008.04399v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2008.04399v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2008.04399v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> We provide a homogeneous set of structural parameters of 83 star clusters located at the periphery of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) and the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The clusters' stellar density and surface brightness profiles were built from deep, AO assisted optical images, and uniform analysis techniques. The structural parameters were obtained from King and Elson et al. model fittings. Integrated magnitudes and masses (for a subsample) are also provided. The sample contains mostly low surface brightness clusters with distances between 4.5 and 6.5 kpc and between 1 and 6.5 kpc from the LMC and SMC centres, respectively. We analysed their spatial distribution and structural properties, comparing them with those of inner clusters. Half-light and Jacobi radii were estimated, allowing an evaluation of the Roche volume tidal filling. We found that: (i) for our sample of LMC clusters, the tidal radii are, on average, larger than those of inner clusters from previous studies; (ii) the core radii dispersion tends to be greater for LMC clusters located towards the southwest, with position angles of $\sim$200 degrees and about $\sim$5 degrees from the LMC centre, i.e., those LMC clusters nearer to the SMC; (iii) the core radius evolution for clusters with known age is similar to that of inner clusters; (iv) SMC clusters with galactocentric distances closer than 4 kpc are overfilling; (v) the recent Clouds collision did not leave marks on the LMC clusters' structure that our analysis could reveal. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2008.04399v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2008.04399v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 10 August, 2020; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> August 2020. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">19 pages, 16 figures, accepted by MNRAS. Full tables and additional plots included</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.05611">arXiv:2006.05611</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2006.05611">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2006.05611">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Solar and Stellar Astrophysics">astro-ph.SR</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics of Galaxies">astro-ph.GA</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1684">10.1093/mnras/staa1684 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Discovery and astrophysical properties of Galactic open clusters in dense stellar fields using Gaia DR2 </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ferreira%2C+F+A">Filipe A. Ferreira</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">J. F. C. Santos Jr.</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Corradi%2C+W+J+B">W. J. B. Corradi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Maia%2C+F+F+S">F. F. S. Maia</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Angelo%2C+M+S">M. S. Angelo</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2006.05611v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> We report the discovery of 25 new open clusters resulting from a search in dense low galactic latitude fields. We also provide, for the first time, structural and astrophysical parameters for the new findings and 34 other recently discovered open clusters using Gaia DR2 data. The candidates were confirmed by jointly inspecting the vector point diagrams and spatial distribution. The discoveries wer… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2006.05611v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2006.05611v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2006.05611v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> We report the discovery of 25 new open clusters resulting from a search in dense low galactic latitude fields. We also provide, for the first time, structural and astrophysical parameters for the new findings and 34 other recently discovered open clusters using Gaia DR2 data. The candidates were confirmed by jointly inspecting the vector point diagrams and spatial distribution. The discoveries were validated by matching near known objects and comparing their mean astrometric parameters with the available literature. A decontamination algorithm was applied to the three-dimensional astrometric space to derive membership likelihoods for clusters stars. By rejecting stars with low membership likelihoods, we built decontaminated colour-magnitude diagrams and derived the clusters astrophysical parameters by isochrone fitting. The structural parameters were also derived by King-profile fittings over the stellar distributions. The investigated clusters are mainly located within 3 kpc from the Sun, with ages ranging from 30 Myr to 3.2 Gyr and reddening limited to E(B-V)=2.5. On average, our cluster sample presents less concentrated structures than Gaia DR2 confirmed clusters, since the derived core radii are larger while the tidal radii are not significantly different. Most of them are located in the IV quadrant of the Galactic disc at low latitudes, therefore they are immersed in dense fields characteristic of the inner Milky Way. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2006.05611v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2006.05611v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 9 June, 2020; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> June 2020. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">18 pages, 15 figures, Accepted in MNRAS jun-2020</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.06158">arXiv:2002.06158</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2002.06158">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2002.06158">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Solar and Stellar Astrophysics">astro-ph.SR</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics of Galaxies">astro-ph.GA</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa517">10.1093/mnras/staa517 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Characterizing low contrast Galactic open clusters with GAIA DR2 </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Angelo%2C+M+S">M. S. Angelo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">J. F. C. Santos Jr</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Corradi%2C+W+J+B">W. J. B. Corradi</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2002.06158v2-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> In this study, we characterized 16 objects previously classified as faint or low contrast Galactic open clusters (OCs). We employed parameters associated to the OCs dynamical evolution: core ($r_c$), tidal ($r_t$) and half-mass ($r_{hm}$) radii, age and crossing time ($t_{cr}$). Relations among these parameters were exploited to draw some evolutionary connections. We also included 11 OCs with prev… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2002.06158v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2002.06158v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2002.06158v2-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> In this study, we characterized 16 objects previously classified as faint or low contrast Galactic open clusters (OCs). We employed parameters associated to the OCs dynamical evolution: core ($r_c$), tidal ($r_t$) and half-mass ($r_{hm}$) radii, age and crossing time ($t_{cr}$). Relations among these parameters were exploited to draw some evolutionary connections. We also included 11 OCs with previous characterizations to provide wider coverage of the parameters space. The investigated sample spans a considerable range in age (log (t/yr) ~7.0 - 9.7) and Galactocentric distance ($R_G$ ~ 6 - 11 kpc). Most of them present solar metallicity. We employed GAIA DR2 astrometry and photometry and selected member stars through a decontamination algorithm which explores the 3D astrometric space ($渭_伪$, $渭_未$, $\varpi$) to assign membership likelihoods. Previous studies of most of these objects were based mostly on photometric information. All investigated OCs were proved to be real stellar concentrations and relations among their parameters indicate a general disruption scenario in which OCs tend to be more concentrated as they evolve. Internal interactions sucessively drive OCs to develop more dynamically relaxed structures and make them less subject to mass loss due to tidal effects. Tidal radius tends to increase with $R_G$ in accordance with the strength of the Galactic tidal field. Besides, the correlation between the $r_c$ and the dynamical ratio $蟿_{\textrm{dyn}}$ = age/$t_{cr}$ suggests two distinct evolutionary sequences, which may be consequence of different initial formation conditions. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2002.06158v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2002.06158v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 20 February, 2020; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 14 February, 2020; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> February 2020. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">19 pages, 5 figures. Accept for publication in MNRAS</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.02566">arXiv:1909.02566</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1909.02566">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1909.02566">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics of Galaxies">astro-ph.GA</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics">astro-ph.IM</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Solar and Stellar Astrophysics">astro-ph.SR</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1017/S174392131900694X">10.1017/S174392131900694X <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> The VISCACHA survey -- deep and resolved photometry of star clusters in the Magellanic Clouds </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Dias%2C+B">Bruno Dias</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Maia%2C+F">Francisco Maia</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Kerber%2C+L">Leandro Kerber</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C+d">Jo茫o F. C. dos Santos Jr.</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bica%2C+E">Eduardo Bica</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Armond%2C+T">Tina Armond</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Barbuy%2C+B">Beatriz Barbuy</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Fraga%2C+L">Luciano Fraga</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Hernandez-Jimenez%2C+J+A">Jose A. Hernandez-Jimenez</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santrich%2C+O+J+K">Orlando J. Katime Santrich</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Oliveira%2C+R+A+P">Raphael A. P. Oliveira</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=P%C3%A9rez-Villegas%2C+A">Angeles P茅rez-Villegas</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Piatti%2C+A">Andres Piatti</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Quint%2C+B">Bruno Quint</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Sanmartin%2C+D">David Sanmartin</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Angelo%2C+M+S">Mateus S. Angelo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Souza%2C+S+O">Stefano O. Souza</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Vieira%2C+R+G">Rodrigo G. Vieira</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Westera%2C+P">Pieter Westera</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Parisi%2C+C">Celeste Parisi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Geisler%2C+D">Doug Geisler</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Minniti%2C+D">Dante Minniti</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Saito%2C+R">Roberto Saito</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bassino%2C+L">Lilia Bassino</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=De+Bortoli%2C+B">Bruno De Bortoli</a> , et al. (2 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1909.02566v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The VISCACHA (VIsible Soar photometry of star Clusters in tApii and Coxi HuguA\footnote{LMC and SMC names in the Tupi-Guarani language spoken by native people in Brazil}) Survey is an ongoing project based on deep and spatiallyresolved photometric observations of Magellanic Cloud star clusters, collected using the SOuthern Astrophysical Research (SOAR) telescope together with the SOAR Adaptive Mod… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1909.02566v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1909.02566v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1909.02566v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The VISCACHA (VIsible Soar photometry of star Clusters in tApii and Coxi HuguA\footnote{LMC and SMC names in the Tupi-Guarani language spoken by native people in Brazil}) Survey is an ongoing project based on deep and spatiallyresolved photometric observations of Magellanic Cloud star clusters, collected using the SOuthern Astrophysical Research (SOAR) telescope together with the SOAR Adaptive Module Imager. So far we have used $>$300h of telescope time to observe $\sim$150 star clusters, mostly with low mass ($M < 10^4 M_{\odot}$) on the outskirts of the LMC and SMC. With this high-quality data set, we homogeneously determine physical properties using deep colour-magnitude diagrams (ages, metallicities, reddening, distances, mass, luminosity and mass functions) and structural parameters (radial density profiles, sizes) for these clusters which are used as a proxy to investigate the interplay between the Magellanic Clouds and their evolution. We present the VISCACHA survey and its initial results, based on our first two papers. The project's long term goals and expected legacy to the community are also addressed. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1909.02566v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1909.02566v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 5 September, 2019; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> September 2019. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">4 pages, 2 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the IAUS351 "Star Clusters: From the Milky Way to the Early Universe", A. Bragaglia, M.B. Davies, A. Sills & E. Vesperini, eds</span> </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Report number:</span> IAU-19-IAUS351-0212 </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.08642">arXiv:1907.08642</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1907.08642">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1907.08642">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics of Galaxies">astro-ph.GA</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ab6595">10.3847/1538-3881/ab6595 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> An Updated SMC and Magellanic Bridge Catalog of Star Clusters, Associations and Related Objects </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bica%2C+E">Eduardo Bica</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Westera%2C+P">Pieter Westera</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Kerber%2C+L+d+O">Leandro de O. Kerber</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Dias%2C+B">Bruno Dias</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Maia%2C+F">Francisco Maia</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">Jo茫o F. C. Santos Jr.</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Barbuy%2C+B">Beatriz Barbuy</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Oliveira%2C+R+A+P">Raphael A. P. Oliveira</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1907.08642v2-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> We present a catalog of star clusters, associations and related extended objects in the Small Magellanic Cloud and the Magellanic Bridge with 2741 entries, a factor 2 more than a previous version from a decade ago. Literature data till December 2018 are included. The identification of star clusters was carried out with digital atlases in various bands currently available in DSS and MAMA imaging su… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1907.08642v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1907.08642v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1907.08642v2-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> We present a catalog of star clusters, associations and related extended objects in the Small Magellanic Cloud and the Magellanic Bridge with 2741 entries, a factor 2 more than a previous version from a decade ago. Literature data till December 2018 are included. The identification of star clusters was carried out with digital atlases in various bands currently available in DSS and MAMA imaging surveys. In particular, we cross-identified recent cluster samples from the VMC, OGLE-IV and SMASH surveys, confirming new clusters and pointing out equivalencies. A major contribution of the present catalog consists in the accurate central positions for clusters and small associations, including a new sample of 45 clusters or candidates in the SMC and 19 in the Bridge, as well as a compilation of the most reliable age and metallicity values from the literature. A general catalog must also deal with the recent discoveries of 27 faint and ultra-faint star clusters and galaxies projected on the far surroundings of the Clouds, most of them from the DES survey. The information on these objects has been complemented with photometric, spectroscopic and kinematical follow-up data from the literature. The underluminous galaxies around the Magellanic System, still very few as compared to the predictions from $螞$ Cold Dark Matter simulations, can bring constraints to galaxy formation and hierarchical evolution. Furthermore, we provide diagnostics, when possible, of the nature of the ultra-faint clusters, searching for borders of the Magellanic System extensions into the Milky Way gravitational potential. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1907.08642v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1907.08642v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 9 January, 2020; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 19 July, 2019; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> July 2019. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">21 pages, 13 figures and 4 tables. Updated to match accepted version in AJ. The updated catalog is provided in full as ancillary file</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.08188">arXiv:1902.08188</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1902.08188">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1902.08188">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Solar and Stellar Astrophysics">astro-ph.SR</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics of Galaxies">astro-ph.GA</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832702">10.1051/0004-6361/201832702 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Investigating dynamical properties of evolved Galactic open clusters </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Angelo%2C+M+S">M. S. Angelo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">J. F. C. Santos Jr.</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Corradi%2C+W+J+B">W. J. B. Corradi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Maia%2C+F+F+S">F. F. S. Maia</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1902.08188v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The stellar content of Galactic open clusters is gradually depleted during their evolution as a result of internal relaxation and external interactions. The final residues of the evolution of open clusters are called open cluster remnants, barely distinguishable from the field. We aimed to characterise and compare the dynamical states of a set of 16 such objects. The sample also includes 7 objects… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1902.08188v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1902.08188v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1902.08188v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The stellar content of Galactic open clusters is gradually depleted during their evolution as a result of internal relaxation and external interactions. The final residues of the evolution of open clusters are called open cluster remnants, barely distinguishable from the field. We aimed to characterise and compare the dynamical states of a set of 16 such objects. The sample also includes 7 objects that are catalogued as dynamically evolved open clusters. We used photometric data from the 2MASS, astrometric data from the GAIA DR2 and a decontamination algorithm that was applied to the three-dimensional astrometric space of proper motions and parallaxes for stars in the objects' areas. The luminosity and mass functions and total masses for most open cluster remnants are derived here for the first time. Our analysis used predictions of N-body simulations to estimate the initial number of stars of the remnants from their dissolution timescales. The investigated open cluster remnants present masses and velocity dispersions within well-defined ranges: M between ~10-40M_Sun and sigma_v between ~1-7km/s. Some objects in the remnant sample have a limiting radius R_lim<~2pc, which means that they are more compact than the investigated open clusters; other remnants have R_lim between ~2-7pc, which is comparable to the open clusters. We suggest that the open cluster NGC2180 is entering a remnant evolutionary stage. In general, our clusters show signals of depletion of low-mass stars. This confirms their dynamically evolved states. We conclude that the open cluster remnants we studied are in fact remnants of initially very populous open clusters (No~10^3-10^4 stars). The outcome of the long-term evolution is to bring the final residues of the open clusters to dynamical states that are similar to each other, thus masking out the memory of the initial formation conditions of star clusters. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1902.08188v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1902.08188v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 21 February, 2019; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> February 2019. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Accepted for publication in A&A</span> </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> A&A 624, A8 (2019) </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.01959">arXiv:1902.01959</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1902.01959">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/ps/1902.01959">ps</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1902.01959">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics of Galaxies">astro-ph.GA</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz369">10.1093/mnras/stz369 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> The VISCACHA survey - I. Overview and First Results </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Maia%2C+F+F+S">Francisco F. S. Maia</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Dias%2C+B">Bruno Dias</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">Jo茫o F. C. Santos Jr.</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Kerber%2C+L+d+O">Leandro de O. Kerber</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bica%2C+E">Eduardo Bica</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Piatti%2C+A+E">Andr茅s E. Piatti</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Barbuy%2C+B">Beatriz Barbuy</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Quint%2C+B">Bruno Quint</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Fraga%2C+L">Luciano Fraga</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Sanmartim%2C+D">David Sanmartim</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Angelo%2C+M+S">Mateus S. Angelo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Hernandez-Jimenez%2C+J+A">Jose A. Hernandez-Jimenez</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santrich%2C+O+J+K">Orlando J. Katime Santrich</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Oliveira%2C+R+A+P">Raphael A. P. Oliveira</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=P%C3%A9rez-Villegas%2C+A">Angeles P茅rez-Villegas</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Souza%2C+S+O">Stefano O. Souza</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Vieira%2C+R+G">Rodrigo G. Vieira</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Westera%2C+P">Pieter Westera</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1902.01959v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The VISCACHA (VIsible Soar photometry of star Clusters in tApii and Coxi HuguA) Survey is an ongoing project based on deep photometric observations of Magellanic Cloud star clusters, collected using the SOuthern Astrophysical Research (SOAR) telescope together with the SOAR Adaptive Module Imager. Since 2015 more than 200 hours of telescope time were used to observe about 130 stellar clusters, mos… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1902.01959v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1902.01959v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1902.01959v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The VISCACHA (VIsible Soar photometry of star Clusters in tApii and Coxi HuguA) Survey is an ongoing project based on deep photometric observations of Magellanic Cloud star clusters, collected using the SOuthern Astrophysical Research (SOAR) telescope together with the SOAR Adaptive Module Imager. Since 2015 more than 200 hours of telescope time were used to observe about 130 stellar clusters, most of them with low mass (M < 10$^4$ M$_\odot$) and/or located in the outermost regions of the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud. With this high quality data set, we homogeneously determine physical properties from statistical analysis of colour-magnitude diagrams, radial density profiles, luminosity functions and mass functions. Ages, metallicities, reddening, distances, present-day masses, mass function slopes and structural parameters for these clusters are derived and used as a proxy to investigate the interplay between the environment in the Magellanic Clouds and the evolution of such systems. In this first paper we present the VISCACHA Survey and its initial results, concerning the SMC clusters AM3, K37, HW20 and NGC796 and the LMC ones KMHK228, OHSC3, SL576, SL61 and SL897, chosen to compose a representative subset of our cluster sample. The project's long term goals and legacy to the community are also addressed. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1902.01959v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1902.01959v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 5 February, 2019; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> February 2019. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">21 pages, 21 figures</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.10795">arXiv:1812.10795</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1812.10795">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/ps/1812.10795">ps</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1812.10795">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics of Galaxies">astro-ph.GA</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty3511">10.1093/mnras/sty3511 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Three new Galactic star clusters discovered in the field of the open cluster NGC 5999 with Gaia DR2 </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ferreira%2C+F+A">Filipe A. Ferreira</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">J. F. C. Santos Jr.</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Corradi%2C+W+J+B">W. J. B. Corradi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Maia%2C+F+F+S">F. F. S. Maia</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Angelo%2C+M+S">M. S. Angelo</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1812.10795v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> We report the serendipitous discovery of three new open clusters, named UFMG 1, UFMG 2 and UFMG 3 in the field of the intermediate-age cluster NGC 5999, by using Gaia DR2 data. A colour-magnitude filter tailored for a proper selection of main-sequence stars and red clump giants turned evident the presence of NGC 5999 and these three new stellar groups in proper motion space. Their structural param… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1812.10795v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1812.10795v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1812.10795v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> We report the serendipitous discovery of three new open clusters, named UFMG 1, UFMG 2 and UFMG 3 in the field of the intermediate-age cluster NGC 5999, by using Gaia DR2 data. A colour-magnitude filter tailored for a proper selection of main-sequence stars and red clump giants turned evident the presence of NGC 5999 and these three new stellar groups in proper motion space. Their structural parameters were derived from King-profile fittings over their projected stellar distributions and isochrone fits were performed on the clusters cleaned colour-magnitude diagrams built with Gaia bands to derive their astrophysical parameters. The clusters projected sky motion were calculated for each target using our members selection. Distances to the clusters were inferred from stellar parallaxes through a bayesian model, showing that they are marginally consistent with their isochronal distances, considering the random and systematic uncertainties involved. The new clusters are located in the nearby Sagittarius arm (d ~ 1.5 kpc) with NGC 5999 at the background (d ~ 1.8 kpc). They contain at least a few hundred stars of nearly solar metallicity and have ages between 100 and 1400 Myr. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1812.10795v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1812.10795v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 27 December, 2018; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> December 2018. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">10 pages, 12 figures, Accepted in MNRAS dec-2018</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.00972">arXiv:1610.00972</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1610.00972">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1610.00972">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Solar and Stellar Astrophysics">astro-ph.SR</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics of Galaxies">astro-ph.GA</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Investigation of Galactic open cluster remnants: the case of NGC 7193 </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Angelo%2C+M+S">M. S. Angelo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">J. F. C. Santos Jr.</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Corradi%2C+W+J+B">W. J. B. Corradi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Maia%2C+F+F+S">F. F. S. Maia</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Piatti%2C+A+E">A. E. Piatti</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1610.00972v2-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Galactic open clusters (OCs) that survive the early gas-expulsion phase are gradually destroyed over time by the action of disruptive dynamical processes. Their final evolutionary stages are characterized by a poorly populated concentration of stars called open cluster remnant (OCR). This study is devoted to assess the real physical nature of the OCR candidate NGC 7193. GMOS/Gemini spectroscopy of… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1610.00972v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1610.00972v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1610.00972v2-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Galactic open clusters (OCs) that survive the early gas-expulsion phase are gradually destroyed over time by the action of disruptive dynamical processes. Their final evolutionary stages are characterized by a poorly populated concentration of stars called open cluster remnant (OCR). This study is devoted to assess the real physical nature of the OCR candidate NGC 7193. GMOS/Gemini spectroscopy of 53 stars in the inner target region were obtained to derive radial velocities and atmospheric parameters. We also employed photometric and proper motion data. The analysis method consists of the following steps: (i) analysis of the statistical resemblance between the cluster and a set of field samples with respect to the sequences defined in colour-magnitude diagrams (CMDs); (ii) a 5-dimensional iteractive exclusion routine was employed to identify outliers from kinematical and positional data; (iii) isochrone fitting to the $K_{s}\times(J-K_{s})$ CMD of the remaining stars and the dispersion of spectral types along empirical sequences in the $(J-H)\times(H-K_{s})$ diagram was checked. A group of stars was identified for which the mean heliocentric distance is compatible with that obtained via isochrone fitting and whose metallicities are compatible with each other. Fifteen member stars observed spectroscopically were identified together with other 19 probable members. Our results indicate that NGC 7193 is a genuine OCR, of an once very populous OC, for which the following parameters were derived: $d=501\,\pm\,46\,$pc, $t=2.5\,\pm\,1.2\,$Gyr, $\langle\,[Fe/H]\,\rangle=-0.17\,\pm\,0.23$ and $E(B-V)=0.05\,\pm\,0.05$. Its luminosity and mass functions show depletion of low mass stars, confirming the OCR dynamically evolved state. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1610.00972v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1610.00972v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 13 October, 2016; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 4 October, 2016; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> October 2016. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">32 pages, 20 figures, 3 tables, accepted for publication in Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (RAA)</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1511.06354">arXiv:1511.06354</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1511.06354">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/ps/1511.06354">ps</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1511.06354">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Solar and Stellar Astrophysics">astro-ph.SR</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2731">10.1093/mnras/stv2731 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> GeMs/GSAOI observations of La Serena 94: an old and far open cluster inside the solar circle </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">J. F. C. Santos Jr.</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Roman-Lopes%2C+A">A. Roman-Lopes</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Carrasco%2C+E+R">E. R. Carrasco</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Maia%2C+F+F+S">F. F. S. Maia</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Neichel%2C+B">B. Neichel</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1511.06354v2-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Physical properties were derived for the candidate open cluster La Serena 94, recently unveiled by the VVV collaboration. Thanks to the exquisite angular resolution provided by GeMS/GSAOI, we could characterize this system in detail, for the first time, with deep photometry in JHK$_{s}$ - bands. Decontaminated JHK$_{s}$ diagrams reach about 5 mag below the cluster turnoff in H. The locus of red… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1511.06354v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1511.06354v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1511.06354v2-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Physical properties were derived for the candidate open cluster La Serena 94, recently unveiled by the VVV collaboration. Thanks to the exquisite angular resolution provided by GeMS/GSAOI, we could characterize this system in detail, for the first time, with deep photometry in JHK$_{s}$ - bands. Decontaminated JHK$_{s}$ diagrams reach about 5 mag below the cluster turnoff in H. The locus of red clump giants in the colour - colour diagram, together with an extinction law, was used to obtain an average extinction of $A_V =14.18 \pm 0.71$. The same stars were considered as standard - candles to derive the cluster distance, $8.5 \pm 1.0$ kpc. Isochrones were matched to the cluster colour - magnitude diagrams to determine its age, $\log{t(yr)}=9.12\pm 0.06$, and metallicity, $Z=0.02\pm0.01$. A core radius of $r_{c}=0.51\pm 0.04$ pc was found by fitting King models to the radial density profile. By adding up the visible stellar mass to an extrapolated mass function, the cluster mass was estimated as $M=(2.65\pm0.57) \times 10^3$ M$_{\odot}$, consistent with an integrated magnitude of $M_{K}=-5.82\pm0.16$ and a tidal radius of $r_{t}=17.2\pm2.1$ pc. The overall characteristics of La Serena 94 confirm that it is an old open cluster located in the Crux spiral arm towards the fourth Galactic quadrant and distant $7.30\pm 0.49$ kpc from the Galactic centre. The cluster distorted structure, mass segregation and age indicate that it is a dynamically evolved stellar system. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1511.06354v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1511.06354v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 26 November, 2015; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 19 November, 2015; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> November 2015. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">16 pages, 24 figures, 2 Tables, accepted by MNRAS; corrected typos</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.5934">arXiv:1310.5934</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1310.5934">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/ps/1310.5934">ps</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1310.5934">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics of Galaxies">astro-ph.GA</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt2039">10.1093/mnras/stt2039 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Mass distribution and structural parameters of Small Magellanic Cloud star clusters </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Maia%2C+F+F+S">F. F. S. Maia</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Piatti%2C+A+E">A. E. Piatti</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">J. F. C. Santos Jr</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1310.5934v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> In this work we estimate, for the first time, the total masses and mass function slopes of a sample of 29 young and intermediate-age SMC clusters from CCD Washington photometry. We also derive age, interstellar reddening and structural parameters for most of the studied clusters by employing a statistical method to remove the unavoidable field star contamination. Only these 29 clusters out of 68 o… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1310.5934v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1310.5934v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1310.5934v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> In this work we estimate, for the first time, the total masses and mass function slopes of a sample of 29 young and intermediate-age SMC clusters from CCD Washington photometry. We also derive age, interstellar reddening and structural parameters for most of the studied clusters by employing a statistical method to remove the unavoidable field star contamination. Only these 29 clusters out of 68 originally analysed cluster candidates present stellar overdensities and coherent distribution in their colour-magnitude diagrams compatible with the existence of a genuine star cluster. We employed simple stellar population models to derive general equations for estimating the cluster mass based only on its age and integrated light in the B, V, I, C and T1 filter. These equations were tested against mass values computed from luminosity functions, showing an excellent agreement. The sample contains clusters with ages between 60 Myr and 3 Gyr and masses between 300 and 3000 Mo distributed between ~0.5 deg. and ~2 deg. from the SMC optical centre. We determined mass function slopes for 24 clusters, of which 19 have slopes compatible with that of Kroupa IMF (2.3 +/- 0.7), considering the uncertainties. The remaining clusters - H86-188, H86-190, K47, K63 and NGC242 - showed flatter MFs. Additionally, only clusters with masses lower than ~1000 Mo and flatter MF were found within ~0.6 deg. from the SMC rotational centre. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1310.5934v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1310.5934v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 22 October, 2013; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> October 2013. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">12 pages, 19 figures. Includes another 29 full-page figures of supplementary material. Accepted for publication in the MNRAS</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1304.3499">arXiv:1304.3499</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1304.3499">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/ps/1304.3499">ps</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1304.3499">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics of Galaxies">astro-ph.GA</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201220659">10.1051/0004-6361/201220659 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Properties of young star cluster systems: the age signature from near-infrared integrated colours </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">J. F. C. Santos Jr.</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Dottori%2C+H">H. Dottori</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Grosb%C3%B8l%2C+P">P. Grosb酶l</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1304.3499v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> A recent JHKs study of several grand-design spiral galaxies shows a bimodal distribution of their system of star clusters and star forming complexes in colour-magnitude and colour-colour diagrams. In a comparison with stellar population models including gas, the (J-H) vs (H-Ks) diagram reveals that embedded clusters, still immersed in their parental clouds of gas and dust, generally have a redder… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1304.3499v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1304.3499v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1304.3499v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> A recent JHKs study of several grand-design spiral galaxies shows a bimodal distribution of their system of star clusters and star forming complexes in colour-magnitude and colour-colour diagrams. In a comparison with stellar population models including gas, the (J-H) vs (H-Ks) diagram reveals that embedded clusters, still immersed in their parental clouds of gas and dust, generally have a redder (H-Ks) colour than older clusters, whose gas and dust have already been ejected. This bimodal behaviour is also evident in the colour-magnitude diagram MK vs (J-Ks), where the brightest clusters split into two sequences separating younger from older clusters. In addition, the reddening-free index Qd = (H-Ks) - 0.884 (J-H) has been shown to correlate with age for the young clusters and thus provided an effective way to differentiate the embedded clusters from the older ones. We aim to study the behaviour of these photometric indices for star cluster systems in the Local Group. We investigate the effectiveness of the Qd index in sorting out clusters of different ages at their early evolutionary stages. Surface photometry was carried out for 2MASS images of populous clusters younger than ~100Myr whose ages were available. Some clusters, particularly the embedded ones, were studied for the first time using this method. The integrated magnitudes and colours extracted from the surface photometry of the most populous clusters/complexes in the Local Group shows the expected bimodal distribution in the colour-colour and colour-magnitude diagrams. In particular, we confirm the index Qd as a powerful tool for distinguishing clusters younger than about 7Myr from older clusters. (abridged) <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1304.3499v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1304.3499v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 11 April, 2013; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> April 2013. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">10 pages, 11 figures; accepted for publication in A&A</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1010.4801">arXiv:1010.4801</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1010.4801">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1010.4801">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics">astro-ph.CO</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015683">10.1051/0004-6361/201015683 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> An optical/NIR survey of globular clusters in early-type galaxies II. Ages of GC systems and the relation to galaxy morphology </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Chies-Santos%2C+A+L">A. L. Chies-Santos</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Larsen%2C+S+S">S. S. Larsen</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Kuntschner%2C+H">H. Kuntschner</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Anders%2C+P">P. Anders</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Wehner%2C+E+M">E. M. Wehner</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Strader%2C+J">J. Strader</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Brodie%2C+J+P">J. P. Brodie</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">J. F. C. Santos Jr.</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1010.4801v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Context: Some photometric studies of extragalactic globular cluster (GC) systems using the optical and near-infrared colour combination have suggested the presence of a large fraction of intermediate-age (2-8 Gyrs) GCs. Aims: We investigate the age distributions of GC systems in 14 E/S0 galaxies. Methods: We carry out a differential comparison of the (g-z) vs. (g-K) two-colour diagrams for GC syst… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1010.4801v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1010.4801v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1010.4801v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Context: Some photometric studies of extragalactic globular cluster (GC) systems using the optical and near-infrared colour combination have suggested the presence of a large fraction of intermediate-age (2-8 Gyrs) GCs. Aims: We investigate the age distributions of GC systems in 14 E/S0 galaxies. Methods: We carry out a differential comparison of the (g-z) vs. (g-K) two-colour diagrams for GC systems in the different galaxies in order to see whether there are indications of age differences. We also compare the different GC systems with a few simple stellar population models. Results: No significant difference is detected in the mean ages of GCs among elliptical galaxies. S0 galaxies on the other hand, show evidence for younger GCs. Surprisingly, this appears to be driven by the more metal-poor clusters. The age distribution of GCs in NGC4365 seems to be similar to that of other large ellipticals (e.g. NGC4486, NGC4649). Padova SSPs with recently released isochrones for old ages (14 Gyrs) show less of an offset with respect to the photometry than previously published models. Conclusions: We suggest that E type galaxies assembled most of their GCs in a shorter and earlier period than S0 type galaxies. The latter galaxy type, seems to have a more extended period of GC formation/assembly. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1010.4801v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1010.4801v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 22 October, 2010; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> October 2010. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">A&A accepted, 16 pages, 18 figures</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1009.1089">arXiv:1009.1089</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1009.1089">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/ps/1009.1089">ps</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1009.1089">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics of Galaxies">astro-ph.GA</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17647.x">10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17647.x <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Near-infrared integrated spectra of Galactic globular clusters: testing simple stellar population models </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Riffel%2C+R">R. Riffel</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ruschel-Dutra%2C+D">D. Ruschel-Dutra</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Pastoriza%2C+M+G">M. G. Pastoriza</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Rodriguez-Ardila%2C+A">A. Rodriguez-Ardila</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">J. F. C. Santos Jr.</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bonatto%2C+C+J">C. J. Bonatto</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ducati%2C+J+R">J. R. Ducati</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1009.1089v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> We present SOAR/OSIRIS cross-dispersed NIR integrated spectra of 12 Galactic globular clusters that are employed to test Maraston (2005, M05) NIR EPS models, and to provide spectral observational constraints to calibrate future models. We measured Ew of the most prominent NIR absorption features. Optical Ew were also measured. The globular clusters Ew were compared with model predictions with ages… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1009.1089v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1009.1089v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1009.1089v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> We present SOAR/OSIRIS cross-dispersed NIR integrated spectra of 12 Galactic globular clusters that are employed to test Maraston (2005, M05) NIR EPS models, and to provide spectral observational constraints to calibrate future models. We measured Ew of the most prominent NIR absorption features. Optical Ew were also measured. The globular clusters Ew were compared with model predictions with ages within 4-15 Gyr, and metallicities between 1/200 and 2 Zsun. Observed integrated colours were also compared with models. The NIR integrated spectra among our sample appear qualitatively similar in most the absorption features. The M05 models can properly predict the optical Ew observed in globular clusters. Regarding the NIR, they do underestimate the strength of Mg I 1.49mum, but they can reproduce the observed Ew of Fe I 1.58mum, Si I 1.59mum, and CO 2.29mum, in about half of our sample. The remaining objects require the inclusion of intermediate-age populations. Thus, we suggest that the presence of C- and O-rich stars in models is important to reproduce the observed strengths of metallic lines. Another possibility is the lack of alpha-enhancement in the models. In the case of the optical and NIR Fe I lines, standard models and those that include blue horizontal branch stars, produce similar results. A similar trend is observed for Na I 5895A, while in the case of the G-band, the models with blue horizontal branch do describe better the observations. For most of the sample the optical to NIR colours are well described by the M05 models. In general, M05 models can provide reliable information on the NIR stellar population of galaxies, but only when Ew and colours are taken together, in other words, Ew and continuum fluxes should be simultaneously fitted. However, the results should be taken with caution, since the models tend to predict results biased towards young ages. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1009.1089v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1009.1089v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 6 September, 2010; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> September 2010. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">11 pages, 10 Figures, Accepted by MNRAS</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1005.3047">arXiv:1005.3047</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1005.3047">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/ps/1005.3047">ps</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1005.3047">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Solar and Stellar Astrophysics">astro-ph.SR</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17034.x">10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17034.x <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Characterization and Photometric Membership of the Open Cluster NGC1981 </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Maia%2C+F+F+S">F. F. S. Maia</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Corradi%2C+W+J+B">W. J. B. Corradi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">J. F. C. Santos Jr</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1005.3047v2-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Open clusters belonging to star-forming complexes are the leftovers from the initial stellar generations. The study of these young systems provides constraints to models of star formation and evolution as well as to the properties of the Galactic disc. We aimed at investigating NGC1981, a young open cluster in the Orion Nebula Region, using near-IR and BV (RI)C photometric data.We devised a method… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1005.3047v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1005.3047v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1005.3047v2-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Open clusters belonging to star-forming complexes are the leftovers from the initial stellar generations. The study of these young systems provides constraints to models of star formation and evolution as well as to the properties of the Galactic disc. We aimed at investigating NGC1981, a young open cluster in the Orion Nebula Region, using near-IR and BV (RI)C photometric data.We devised a method that accounts for the field contamination and allows to derive photometric membership for the cluster stars. A new cluster centre was determined by Gaussian fittings to the 2-D stellar distribution on the sky, and has been used used to obtain the radial stellar density profile and the structural parameters. Mass functions were computed for stars inside the cluster limiting radius and total mass estimated from them. Although more easily distinguished by its grouping of 6 relatively bright stars, an underlying population of faint pre-main sequence stars is evident in the cluster area. We showed that this population is related to the cluster itself rather than to the nearby Orion Nebula cluster. Additionally a fraction of the cluster low mass stars may have been evaporated from the region in its early evolution leading to the present sparse, loose structure. The estimated parameters of NGC1981 are core radius Rc = 0.09 +/- 0.04 pc, limiting radius Rlim = 1.21+/-0.11 pc, age t = 5+/-1 Myr, distance modulus (m-M)0 = 7.9+/-0.1 (380 +/- 17 pc), reddening E(B - V)= 0.07 +/- 0.03 and total mass m = 137 +/- 14 M\cdot. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1005.3047v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1005.3047v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 21 May, 2010; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 17 May, 2010; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> May 2010. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">13 pages, 20 figures. This Article has been accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by RAS and Blackwell Publishing</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/0910.0127">arXiv:0910.0127</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/0910.0127">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/0910.0127">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics">astro-ph.CO</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921309991049">10.1017/S1743921309991049 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> An optical/near-infrared survey of GCs in early-type galaxies </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Chies-Santos%2C+A+L">A. L. Chies-Santos</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Larsen%2C+S+S">S. S. Larsen</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Wehner%2C+E+M">E. M. Wehner</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Kuntschner%2C+H">H. Kuntschner</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Strader%2C+J">J. Strader</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Brodie%2C+J+P">J. P. Brodie</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">J. F. C. Santos Jr</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="0910.0127v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Optical/near-infrared observations for 14 globular cluster (GC) systems in early- type galaxies are presented. We investigate the recent claims (Yoon, Yi & Lee 2006) of colour bimodality in GC systems being an artefact of the non linear colour - metallicity transformation driven by the horizontal branch morphology. Taking the advantage of the fact that the combination of optical and near-infrare… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('0910.0127v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('0910.0127v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="0910.0127v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Optical/near-infrared observations for 14 globular cluster (GC) systems in early- type galaxies are presented. We investigate the recent claims (Yoon, Yi & Lee 2006) of colour bimodality in GC systems being an artefact of the non linear colour - metallicity transformation driven by the horizontal branch morphology. Taking the advantage of the fact that the combination of optical and near-infrared colours can in principle break the age/metallicity degeneracy we also analyse age distributions in these systems. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('0910.0127v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('0910.0127v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 1 October, 2009; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> October 2009. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">6 pages, 3 figures, contributed talk to appear in the proceedings of IAU Symp. 266 (Star Clusters - Basic Galactic Building Blocks throughout Time and Space), eds. R. de Grijs and J. Lepine</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/0910.0108">arXiv:0910.0108</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/0910.0108">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/ps/0910.0108">ps</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/0910.0108">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics of Galaxies">astro-ph.GA</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921309991359">10.1017/S1743921309991359 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Membership Probability via Control Field Colour-Magnitude Decontamination </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Corradi%2C+W+J+B">Wagner J. B. Corradi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Maia%2C+F+F+S">Francisco F. S. Maia</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">Joao F. C. Santos Jr</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="0910.0108v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The open clusters fundamental physical parameters are important tools to understand the formation and evolution of the Galactic disk and as grounding tests for star formation and evolution models. However only a small fraction of the known open clusters in the Milky Way has precise determination of distance, reddening, age, metallicity, radial velocity and proper motion. One of the major problem… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('0910.0108v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('0910.0108v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="0910.0108v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The open clusters fundamental physical parameters are important tools to understand the formation and evolution of the Galactic disk and as grounding tests for star formation and evolution models. However only a small fraction of the known open clusters in the Milky Way has precise determination of distance, reddening, age, metallicity, radial velocity and proper motion. One of the major problems in determining these parameters lies on the difficulty to separate cluster members from field stars and to assign membership. We propose a decontamination method by employing 2MASS data in the encircling region of the clusters NGC1981, NGC2516, NGC6494 and M11. We present a decontaminated CMD of these objects showing the membership probabilities and structural parameters as derived from King profile fitting. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('0910.0108v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('0910.0108v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 1 October, 2009; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> October 2009. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">4-page paper from IAU Symposium 266. Contain 13 figures and the document class 'iau.cls'</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/0909.5616">arXiv:0909.5616</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/0909.5616">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/ps/0909.5616">ps</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/0909.5616">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics of Galaxies">astro-ph.GA</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921309991694">10.1017/S1743921309991694 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Open Cluster Characterization via Cross-Correlation with Spectral Library </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Maia%2C+F+F+S">Francisco F. S. Maia</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">Joao F. C. Santos Jr.</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Corradi%2C+W+J+B">Wagner J. B. Corradi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Piatti%2C+A+E">Andres E. Piatti</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="0909.5616v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> We present a characterization method based on spectral cross-correlation to obtain the physical parameters of the controversial stellar aggregate ESO442-SC04. The data used was obtained with GMOS at Gemini-South telescope including 17 stars in the central region of the ob ject and 6 standard-stars. FXCOR was used in an iterative process to obtain self-consistent radial velocities for the standar… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('0909.5616v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('0909.5616v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="0909.5616v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> We present a characterization method based on spectral cross-correlation to obtain the physical parameters of the controversial stellar aggregate ESO442-SC04. The data used was obtained with GMOS at Gemini-South telescope including 17 stars in the central region of the ob ject and 6 standard-stars. FXCOR was used in an iterative process to obtain self-consistent radial velocities for the standard-stars and averaged radial velocities for the science spectra. Spectral types, effective temperature, suface gravity and metallicities parameters were determined using FXCOR to correlate cluster spectra with ELODIE spectral library and selecting the best correlation matches using the Tonry and Davis Ratio (TDR). Analysis of the results suggests that the stars in ESO442-SC04 are not bound and therefore they do not constitute a physical system. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('0909.5616v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('0909.5616v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 30 September, 2009; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> September 2009. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">4-page paper from IAU symposium 266. Contains 3 eps figures and IAU document class file 'iau.cls'</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/0909.4712">arXiv:0909.4712</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/0909.4712">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/ps/0909.4712">ps</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/0909.4712">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Solar and Stellar Astrophysics">astro-ph.SR</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics of Galaxies">astro-ph.GA</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921309991967">10.1017/S1743921309991967 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Astrophysical properties of binary star clusters in the Small Magellanic Cloud </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">J. F. C. Santos Jr.</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Schmidt%2C+A+A">A. A. Schmidt</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bica%2C+E">E. Bica</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="0909.4712v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> To study the evolution of binary star clusters we have imaged 7 systems in the Small Magellanic Cloud with SOAR 4-m telescope using B and V filters. The sample contains pairs with well-separated components (d < 30 pc) as well as systems that apparently merged, as evidenced by their unusual structures. By employing isochrone fittings to their CMDs we have determined reddening, age and metallicity… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('0909.4712v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('0909.4712v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="0909.4712v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> To study the evolution of binary star clusters we have imaged 7 systems in the Small Magellanic Cloud with SOAR 4-m telescope using B and V filters. The sample contains pairs with well-separated components (d < 30 pc) as well as systems that apparently merged, as evidenced by their unusual structures. By employing isochrone fittings to their CMDs we have determined reddening, age and metallicity and by fitting King models to their radial stellar density profile we have estimated core radius. Disturbances of the density profile are interpreted as an evidence of interaction. Circunstances as distances between components and their age difference are addressed in terms of the timescales involved to access the physical connection of the system. In two cases the age difference is above 50 Myr, which suggests chance alignment, capture or sequential star formation. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('0909.4712v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('0909.4712v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 25 September, 2009; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> September 2009. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">4 pages, 1 figure. To appear in online version of Proc. IAU Symp. 266 (Star clusters), eds. R. de Grijs and J. Lepine</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/0809.3737">arXiv:0809.3737</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/0809.3737">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/ps/0809.3737">ps</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/0809.3737">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics">astro-ph</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13942.x">10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13942.x <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> BS196: an old star cluster far from the SMC main body </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bica%2C+E">E. Bica</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">J. F. C. Santos Jr.</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Schmidt%2C+A+A">A. A. Schmidt</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="0809.3737v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> We present B and V photometry of the outlying SMC star cluster BS196 with the 4.1-m SOAR telescope. The photometry is deep (to V~25) showing ~3 mag below the cluster turnoff point (TO) at Mv=2.5 (1.03 Msun). The cluster is located at the SMC distance. The CMD and isochrone fittings provide a cluster age of 5.0+-0.5 Gyr, indicating that this is one of the 12 oldest clusters so far detected in the… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('0809.3737v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('0809.3737v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="0809.3737v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> We present B and V photometry of the outlying SMC star cluster BS196 with the 4.1-m SOAR telescope. The photometry is deep (to V~25) showing ~3 mag below the cluster turnoff point (TO) at Mv=2.5 (1.03 Msun). The cluster is located at the SMC distance. The CMD and isochrone fittings provide a cluster age of 5.0+-0.5 Gyr, indicating that this is one of the 12 oldest clusters so far detected in the SMC. The estimated metallicity is [Fe/H]=-1.68+-0.10. The structural analysis gives by means of King profile fittings a core radius Rc=8.7+-1.1 arcsec (2.66+-0.14 pc) and a tidal radius Rt=69.4+-1.7 arcsec (21.2+-1.2 pc). BS196 is rather loose with a concentration parameter c=0.90. With Mv=-1.89+-0.39, BS196 belongs to the class of intrinsically fainter SMC clusters, as compared to the well-known populous ones, which starts to be explored. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('0809.3737v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('0809.3737v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 22 September, 2008; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> September 2008. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">8 pages, 10 figures; accepted by MNRAS</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/0806.3049">arXiv:0806.3049</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/0806.3049">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/ps/0806.3049">ps</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/0806.3049">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics">astro-ph</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13612.x">10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13612.x <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> A general catalogue of extended objects in the Magellanic System </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bica%2C+E">Eduardo Bica</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bonatto%2C+C">Charles Bonatto</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Dutra%2C+C">Carlos Dutra</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">Joao F. C. Santos Jr</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="0806.3049v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> We update the SMC, Bridge, and LMC catalogues of extended objects that were constructed by members of our group from 1995 to 2000. In addition to the rich subsequent literature for the previous classes, we now also include HI shells and supershells. A total of 9305 objects were cross-identified, while our previous catalogues amounted to 7900 entries, an increase of $\approx12%$. We present the r… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('0806.3049v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('0806.3049v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="0806.3049v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> We update the SMC, Bridge, and LMC catalogues of extended objects that were constructed by members of our group from 1995 to 2000. In addition to the rich subsequent literature for the previous classes, we now also include HI shells and supershells. A total of 9305 objects were cross-identified, while our previous catalogues amounted to 7900 entries, an increase of $\approx12%$. We present the results in subcatalogues containing 1445 emission nebulae, 3740 star clusters, 3326 associations, and 794 HI shells and supershells. Angular and apparent size distributions of the extended objects are analysed. We conclude that the objects, in general, appear to respond to tidal effects arising from the LMC, SMC, and Bridge. Number-density profiles extracted along directions parallel and perpendicular to the LMC bar, can be described by two exponential-disks. A single exponential-disk fits the equivalent SMC profiles. Interestingly, when angular-averaged number-densities of most of the extended objects are considered, the profiles of both Clouds do not follow an exponential-disk. Rather, they are best described by a tidally-truncated, core/halo profile, despite the fact that the Clouds are clearly disturbed disks. On the other hand, the older star clusters taken isolately, distribute as an exponential disk. The present catalogue is an important tool for the unambiguous identification of previous objects in current CCD surveys and to establish new findings. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('0806.3049v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('0806.3049v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 18 June, 2008; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> June 2008. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">15 pages, 10 figures, MNRAS, accepted</span> </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.389:678-690,2008 </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/0801.4539">arXiv:0801.4539</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/0801.4539">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/ps/0801.4539">ps</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/0801.4539">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics">astro-ph</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13042.x">10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13042.x <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Discovery of an open cluster with a possible physical association with a planetary nebula </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bonatto%2C+C">Charles Bonatto</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bica%2C+E">Eduardo Bica</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">Joao F. C. Santos Jr</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="0801.4539v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> We report the discovery of a new open cluster (OC) in the Galaxy at $\ell=167.0^\circ$ and $b=-1.0^\circ$. Its field includes the planetary nebula (PN) PK 167-0.1. We study the possible associations of the PN/OC pairs NGC 2818/NGC 2818A, NGC 2438/M 46 (NGC 2437), PK 6+2.5/NGC 6469, as well as of the PN PK 167-0.1 with New Cluster 1. The analyses are based on near-infrared colour-magnitude diagra… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('0801.4539v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('0801.4539v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="0801.4539v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> We report the discovery of a new open cluster (OC) in the Galaxy at $\ell=167.0^\circ$ and $b=-1.0^\circ$. Its field includes the planetary nebula (PN) PK 167-0.1. We study the possible associations of the PN/OC pairs NGC 2818/NGC 2818A, NGC 2438/M 46 (NGC 2437), PK 6+2.5/NGC 6469, as well as of the PN PK 167-0.1 with New Cluster 1. The analyses are based on near-infrared colour-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) and stellar radial density profiles (RDPs). NGC 6469 is located in a heavily contaminated bulge field. The CMD morphology, especially for the latter two cases, is defined with a field star decontamination algorithm applied to the 2MASS \jj, \hh, and \ks photometry. Field decontamination for the OCs NGC 2818A and M 46 produced better defined CMDs and more accurate cluster parameters than in the literature. Those pieces of evidence point to M 46 as physically associated with the PN NGC 2438. The same occurs for the OC NGC 2818A and the PN NGC 2818, however previous radial velocity arguments indicate that they are not associated. The OC NGC 6469 does not appear to be associated with the PN PK 6+2.5, which probably belongs to the bulge. Finally, the distance of the OC New Cluster 1 is consistent with a physical association with the PN PK 167-0.1. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('0801.4539v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('0801.4539v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 29 January, 2008; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> January 2008. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">The paper contains 9 figures and 5 tables. Accepted by MNRAS</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0511724">arXiv:astro-ph/0511724</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0511724">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/ps/astro-ph/0511724">ps</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/astro-ph/0511724">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics">astro-ph</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20054299">10.1051/0004-6361:20054299 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Spectral evolution of star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud: I. Blue concentrated clusters in the age range 40-300 Myr </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">J. F. C. Santos Jr.</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Claria%2C+J+J">J. J. Claria</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ahumada%2C+A+V">A. V. Ahumada</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bica%2C+E">E. Bica</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Piatti%2C+A+E">A. E. Piatti</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Parisi%2C+M+C">M. C. Parisi</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="astro-ph/0511724v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Integrated spectroscopy of a sample of 17 blue concentrated Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) clusters is presented and its spectral evolution studied. The spectra span the range ~3600-6800A with a resolution of ~14A FWHM, being used to determine cluster ages and, in connection with their spatial distribution, to explore the LMC structure and cluster formation history. Cluster reddening values were e… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('astro-ph/0511724v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('astro-ph/0511724v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="astro-ph/0511724v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Integrated spectroscopy of a sample of 17 blue concentrated Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) clusters is presented and its spectral evolution studied. The spectra span the range ~3600-6800A with a resolution of ~14A FWHM, being used to determine cluster ages and, in connection with their spatial distribution, to explore the LMC structure and cluster formation history. Cluster reddening values were estimated by interpolation, using the available extinction maps. We used two methods to derive cluster ages: (i) template matching, in which line strengths and continuum distribution of the cluster spectra were compared and matched to those of template clusters with known astrophysical properties, and (ii) equivalent width (EW) method, in which new age/metallicity calibrations were used together with diagnostic diagrams involving the sum of EWs of selected spectral lines (KCaII, G band (CH), MgI, Hdelta, Hgamma and Hbeta). The derived cluster ages range from 40Myr (NGC2130 and SL237) to 300Myr (NGC1932 and SL709), a good agreement between the results of the two methods being obtained. Combining the present sample with additional ones indicates that cluster deprojected distances from the LMC center are related to age in the sense that inner clusters tend to be younger. Spectral libraries of star clusters are useful datasets for spectral classifications and extraction of parameter information for target star clusters and galaxies. The present cluster sample complements previous ones, in an effort to gather a spectral library with several clusters per age bin. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('astro-ph/0511724v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('astro-ph/0511724v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 25 November, 2005; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> November 2005. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">13 pages, 22 figures. Accepted for publication in A&A</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0507216">arXiv:astro-ph/0507216</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0507216">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/ps/astro-ph/0507216">ps</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/astro-ph/0507216">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics">astro-ph</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053378">10.1051/0004-6361:20053378 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Structure and stellar content analysis of the open cluster M11 with 2MASS photometry </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">J. F. C. Santos Jr.</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bonatto%2C+C">C. Bonatto</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bica%2C+E">E. Bica</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="astro-ph/0507216v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> An overall analysis of the structure and stellar content of M11 is presented, thanks to the wide-angle 2MASS spatial coverage. We derive photometric and structural parameters and discuss the spatial dependance of the luminosity and mass functions. Photometric parameters basically agree with previous ones mostly based on the optical. We obtained a core radius of 1.23pc and a tidal radius of 29pc.… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('astro-ph/0507216v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('astro-ph/0507216v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="astro-ph/0507216v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> An overall analysis of the structure and stellar content of M11 is presented, thanks to the wide-angle 2MASS spatial coverage. We derive photometric and structural parameters and discuss the spatial dependance of the luminosity and mass functions. Photometric parameters basically agree with previous ones mostly based on the optical. We obtained a core radius of 1.23pc and a tidal radius of 29pc. In particular, the cluster is populous enough so that the tidal radius could be obtained by fitting the three-parameter King profile to the radial distribution of stars. We analyzed the spatial distribution of mass functions, finding that the the slope changes from -0.73 in the core to +2.88 in the outer halo. The spatial distribution of mass function slopes derived from 2MASS agrees with that derived from optical CCD data, which further confirms the reliability of 2MASS data for future analyses of this kind at comparable observational limits. We detect mass segregation up to distances from the center of ~20arcmin. We emphasize that the mass function slope in the core is flatter than anywhere else as a consequence of mass segregation. The derived total cluster mass is ~11000 solar masses. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('astro-ph/0507216v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('astro-ph/0507216v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 8 July, 2005; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> July 2005. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">9 pages, 11 figures. Accepted for publication in A&A</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0507214">arXiv:astro-ph/0507214</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0507214">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/ps/astro-ph/0507214">ps</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/astro-ph/0507214">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics">astro-ph</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052982">10.1051/0004-6361:20052982 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Integrated spectral analysis of 18 concentrated star clusters in the Small Magellanic Cloud </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Piatti%2C+A+E">A. E. Piatti</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">J. F. C. Santos Jr.</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Claria%2C+J+J">J. J. Claria</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bica%2C+E">E. Bica</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ahumada%2C+A+V">A. V. Ahumada</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Parisi%2C+M+C">M. C. Parisi</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="astro-ph/0507214v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> We present in this study flux-calibrated integrated spectra in the range 3600-6800A for 18 concentrated SMC clusters. Cluster reddening values were estimated by interpolation between the extinction maps of Burstein & Heiles (1982, AJ, 87, 1165) and Schlegel et al. (1998, ApJ, 500, 525). The cluster parameters were derived from the template matching procedure by comparing the line strengths and c… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('astro-ph/0507214v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('astro-ph/0507214v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="astro-ph/0507214v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> We present in this study flux-calibrated integrated spectra in the range 3600-6800A for 18 concentrated SMC clusters. Cluster reddening values were estimated by interpolation between the extinction maps of Burstein & Heiles (1982, AJ, 87, 1165) and Schlegel et al. (1998, ApJ, 500, 525). The cluster parameters were derived from the template matching procedure by comparing the line strengths and continuum distribution of the cluster spectra with those of template cluster spectra with known parameters and from the equivalent width (EW) method. In this case, new calibrations were used together with diagnostic diagrams involving the sum of EWs of selected spectral lines. A very good agreement between ages derived from both methods was found. The final cluster ages obtained from the weighted average of values taken from the literature and the present measured ones range from 15 Mr (e.g. L51) to 7 Gyr (K3). Metal abundances have been derived for only 5 clusters from the present sample, while metallicity values directly averaged from published values for other 4 clusters have been adopted. Combining the present cluster sample with 19 additional SMC clusters whose ages and metal abundances were put onto a homogeneous scale, we analyse the age and metallicity distributions in order to explore the SMC star formation history and its spatial extent. By considering the distances of the clusters from the SMC centre instead of their projections onto the right ascension and declination axes, the present age-position relation suggests that the SMC inner disk could have been related to a cluster formation episode which reached the peak ~2.5 Gyr ago. Evidence for an age gradient in the inner SMC disk is also presented. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('astro-ph/0507214v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('astro-ph/0507214v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 8 July, 2005; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> July 2005. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">21 pages, 21 figures. Accepted for publication in A&A</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0502453">arXiv:astro-ph/0502453</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0502453">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/ps/astro-ph/0502453">ps</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/astro-ph/0502453">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics">astro-ph</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041113">10.1051/0004-6361:20041113 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Spatial dependence of 2MASS luminosity and mass functions in the old open cluster NGC 188 </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bonatto%2C+C">C. Bonatto</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bica%2C+E">E. Bica</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">J. F. C. Santos Jr</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="astro-ph/0502453v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Luminosity and mass functions in the old open cluster NGC 188 are analysed by means of J and H 2MASS photometry. Within the uncertainties, the observed projected radial density profile of NGC 188 departs from the two-parameter King model in two inner regions, which reflects the non-virialized dynamical state and possibly, some degree of non-sphericity in the spatial shape of this old open cluste… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('astro-ph/0502453v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('astro-ph/0502453v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="astro-ph/0502453v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Luminosity and mass functions in the old open cluster NGC 188 are analysed by means of J and H 2MASS photometry. Within the uncertainties, the observed projected radial density profile of NGC 188 departs from the two-parameter King model in two inner regions, which reflects the non-virialized dynamical state and possibly, some degree of non-sphericity in the spatial shape of this old open cluster. Fits with two and three-parameter King models to the radial distribution of stars resulted in a core radius of 1.3 pc and a tidal radius of 21 pc. The present 2MASS analysis resulted in significant slope variations with distance in the mass function $蠁(m)\propto m^{-(1+蠂)}$, being flat in the central parts ($蠂=0.6\pm0.7$) and steep in the cluster outskirts ($蠂=7.2\pm0.6$). The overall mass function has a slope $蠂=1.9\pm0.7$, slightly steeper than a standard Salpeter mass function. Solar metallicity Padova isochrone fits to the near-infrared colour-magnitude diagram of NGC 188 resulted in an age of $7.0\pm1.0$ Gyr. The best fit, obtained with the 7.1 Gyr isochrone, produced a distance modulus $\mM=11.1\pm0.1$, $\ebv=0.0$, and a distance to the Sun $\ds=1.66\pm0.08$ kpc. The observed stellar mass (in the range $0.98 \ms - 1.08 \ms$) in NGC 188 is $\mobs=380\pm12 \ms$. A simple extrapolation of the observed overall mass function to stars with $0.08 \ms$ resulted in a total present mass of $\mtot\sim(1.8\pm0.7)\times10^4 \ms$. On the other hand, for a more realistic initial mass function which flattens in the low-mass range, the total mass in NGC 188 drops to $\mtot\sim(3.8\pm1.6)\times10^3 \ms$. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('astro-ph/0502453v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('astro-ph/0502453v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 22 February, 2005; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> February 2005. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">13pages and 12 figures. Astronomy and Astrophysics, accepted</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0409313">arXiv:astro-ph/0409313</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0409313">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/ps/astro-ph/0409313">ps</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/astro-ph/0409313">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics">astro-ph</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20041560">10.1051/0004-6361:20041560 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Ages and metallicities of star clusters: new calibrations and diagnostic diagrams from visible integrated spectra </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">J. F. C. Santos Jr.</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Piatti%2C+A+E">A. E. Piatti</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="astro-ph/0409313v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> We present homogeneous scales of ages and metallicities for star clusters from very young objects, through intermediate-age ones up to the oldest known clusters. All the selected clusters have integrated spectra in the visible range, as well as reliable determinations of their ages and metallicities. From these spectra equivalent widths (EWs) of KCaII, Gband(CH) and MgI metallic, and Hdelta, Hga… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('astro-ph/0409313v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('astro-ph/0409313v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="astro-ph/0409313v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> We present homogeneous scales of ages and metallicities for star clusters from very young objects, through intermediate-age ones up to the oldest known clusters. All the selected clusters have integrated spectra in the visible range, as well as reliable determinations of their ages and metallicities. From these spectra equivalent widths (EWs) of KCaII, Gband(CH) and MgI metallic, and Hdelta, Hgamma and Hbeta Balmer lines have been measured homogeneously. The analysis of these EWs shows that the EW sums of the metallic and Balmer H lines, separately, are good indicators of cluster age for objects younger than 10 Gyr, and that the former is also sensitive to cluster metallicity for ages greater than 10 Gyr. We propose an iterative procedure for estimating cluster ages by employing two new diagnostic diagrams and age calibrations based on the above EW sums. For clusters older than 10 Gyr, we also provide a calibration to derive their overall metal contents. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('astro-ph/0409313v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('astro-ph/0409313v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 13 September, 2004; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> September 2004. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">9 pages, 4 figures, accepted by A&A</span> </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> Astron.Astrophys. 428 (2004) 79-88 </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0104227">arXiv:astro-ph/0104227</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0104227">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/ps/astro-ph/0104227">ps</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/astro-ph/0104227">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics">astro-ph</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1086/321128">10.1086/321128 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> The Line-of-Sight Depth of Populous Clusters in the Small Magellanic Cloud </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Crowl%2C+H+H">Hugh H. Crowl</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Sarajedini%2C+A">Ata Sarajedini</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Piatti%2C+A+E">Andres E. Piatti</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Geisler%2C+D">Doug Geisler</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bica%2C+E">Eduardo Bica</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Claria%2C+J+J">Juan J. Claria</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">Joao F. C. Santos Jr</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="astro-ph/0104227v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> We present an analysis of age, metal abundance, and positional data on populous clusters in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) with the ultimate aim of determining the line-of-sight (LOS) depth of the SMC using these clusters as proxies. Our dataset contains 12 objects and is limited to clusters with the highest quality data for which the ages and abundances are best known and can be placed on an… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('astro-ph/0104227v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('astro-ph/0104227v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="astro-ph/0104227v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> We present an analysis of age, metal abundance, and positional data on populous clusters in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) with the ultimate aim of determining the line-of-sight (LOS) depth of the SMC using these clusters as proxies. Our dataset contains 12 objects and is limited to clusters with the highest quality data for which the ages and abundances are best known and can be placed on an internally consistent scale. We have analyzed the variation of the clusters' properties with position on the sky and with line-of-sight depth. Based on this analysis, we draw the following conclusions. 1) The observational data indicates that the eastern side of the SMC (facing the LMC) contains younger and more metal-rich clusters as compared with the western side. This is not a strong correlation because our dataset of clusters is necessarily limited, but it is suggestive and warrants further study. 2) Depending on how the reddening is computed to our clusters, we find a mean distance modulus that ranges from (m-M)_0 = 18.71 +/- 0.06 to (m-M)_0 = 18.82 +/- 0.05. 3) The intrinsic +/- 1-sigma line-of-sight depth of the SMC populous clusters in our study is between ~6 kpc and ~12 kpc depending primarily on whether we adopt the Burstein & Heiles reddenings or those from Schlegel et al. 4) Viewing the SMC as a triaxial galaxy with the Declination, Right Ascension, and LOS depth as the three axes, we find axial ratios of approximately 1:2:4. Taken together, these conclusions largely agree with those of previous investigators and serve to underscore the utility of populous star clusters as probes of the structure of the Small Magellanic Cloud. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('astro-ph/0104227v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('astro-ph/0104227v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 12 April, 2001; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> April 2001. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">31 pages, 11 figures, accepted for publication in the Astronomical Journal</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0103490">arXiv:astro-ph/0103490</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0103490">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/ps/astro-ph/0103490">ps</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/astro-ph/0103490">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics">astro-ph</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04503.x">10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04503.x <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Ages and metallicities of five intermediate-age star clusters projected towards the Small Magellanic Cloud </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Piatti%2C+A+E">A. E. Piatti</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">J. F. C. Santos Jr.</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Claria%2C+J+J">J. J. Claria</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bica%2C+E">E. Bica</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Sarajedini%2C+A">A. Sarajedini</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Geisler%2C+D">D. Geisler</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="astro-ph/0103490v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Colour-magnitude diagrams are presented for the first time for L32, L38, K28 (L43), K44 (L68) and L116, which are clusters projected onto the outer parts of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). The photometry was carried out in the Washington system $C$ and $T_1$ filters allowing the determination of ages by means of the magnitude difference between the red giant clump and the main sequence turnoff… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('astro-ph/0103490v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('astro-ph/0103490v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="astro-ph/0103490v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Colour-magnitude diagrams are presented for the first time for L32, L38, K28 (L43), K44 (L68) and L116, which are clusters projected onto the outer parts of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). The photometry was carried out in the Washington system $C$ and $T_1$ filters allowing the determination of ages by means of the magnitude difference between the red giant clump and the main sequence turnoff, and metallicities from the red giant branch locus. The clusters have ages in the range 2-6 Gyr, and metallicities between $-1.65<$ [Fe/H] $<-1.10$, increasing the sample of intermediate-age clusters in the SMC. L116, the outermost cluster projected onto the SMC, is a foreground cluster, and somewhat closer to us than the Large Magellanic Cloud. Our results, combined with those for other clusters in the literature, show epochs of sudden chemical enrichment in the age-metallicity plane, which favour a bursting star formation history as opposede to a continuous one for the SMC. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('astro-ph/0103490v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('astro-ph/0103490v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 29 March, 2001; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> March 2001. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">12 pages, 11 Postscript figures. MNRAS, in press</span> </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Report number:</span> MA734 </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 325 (2001) 792 </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9909475">arXiv:astro-ph/9909475</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/9909475">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/ps/astro-ph/9909475">ps</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/astro-ph/9909475">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics">astro-ph</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1086/301130">10.1086/301130 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> A New Giant Branch Clump Structure In the Large Magellanic Cloud </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Piatti%2C+A+E">A. E. Piatti</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Geisler%2C+D">D. Geisler</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bica%2C+E">E. Bica</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Claria%2C+J+J">J. J. Claria</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">J. F. C. Santos Jr.</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Sarajedini%2C+A">A. Sarajedini</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Dottori%2C+H">H. Dottori</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="astro-ph/9909475v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> We present Washington C, T1 CCD photometry of 21 fields located in the northern part of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), and spread over a region of more than 2.52 degrees approximately 6 degrees from the bar. The surveyed areas were chosen on the basis of their proximity to SL 388 and SL 509, whose fields showed the presence of a secondary giant clump, observationally detected by Bica et al. (… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('astro-ph/9909475v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('astro-ph/9909475v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="astro-ph/9909475v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> We present Washington C, T1 CCD photometry of 21 fields located in the northern part of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), and spread over a region of more than 2.52 degrees approximately 6 degrees from the bar. The surveyed areas were chosen on the basis of their proximity to SL 388 and SL 509, whose fields showed the presence of a secondary giant clump, observationally detected by Bica et al. (1998, AJ, 116, 723). From the collected data we found that most of the observed field CMDs do not show a separate secondary clump, but rather a continuous vertical structure (VS), which is clearly seen for the first time. Its position and size are nearly the same throughout the surveyed regions: it lies below the Red Giant Clump (RGC) and extends from the bottom of the RGC to approximately 0.45 mag fainter, spanning the bluest color range of the RGC. The more numerous the VS stars in a field, the larger the number of LMC giants in the same zone. Our analysis demonstrate that VS stars belong to the LMC and are most likely the consequence of some kind of evolutionary process in the LMC, particularly in those LMC regions with a noticeable large giant population. Our results suggest that in order to trigger the formation of VS stars, there should be other conditions besides the appropriate age, metallicity, and the necessary red giant star density. Indeed, stars satisfying the requisites mentioned above are commonly found throughout the LMC, but the VS phenomenon is only clearly seen in some isolated regions. Finally, the fact that clump stars have an intrinsic luminosity dispersion further constrains the use of the clump magnitude as a reliable distance indicator. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('astro-ph/9909475v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('astro-ph/9909475v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 28 September, 1999; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> September 1999. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">25 pages, 9 figures, 3 tables; to be published in AJ, Dec. issue</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9903329">arXiv:astro-ph/9903329</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/9903329">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/ps/astro-ph/9903329">ps</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/astro-ph/9903329">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics">astro-ph</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1086/300902">10.1086/300902 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Statistics of Stellar Populations of Star Clusters and Surrounding Fields in the Outer Disk of the Large Magellanic Cloud </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">J. F. C. Santos Jr.</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Piatti%2C+A+E">A. E. Piatti</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Claria%2C+J+J">J. J. Claria</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bica%2C+E">E. Bica</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Geisler%2C+D">D. Geisler</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Dottori%2C+H">H. Dottori</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="astro-ph/9903329v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> A comparative analysis of Washington color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) for 14 star clusters and respective surrounding fields in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) outer disk is presented. Each CCD frame including field and respective cluster covers an area of 185 arcmin^2. The stellar population sampled is of intermediate age and metallicity. CMD radial analysis involving star count ratios, morphol… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('astro-ph/9903329v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('astro-ph/9903329v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="astro-ph/9903329v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> A comparative analysis of Washington color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) for 14 star clusters and respective surrounding fields in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) outer disk is presented. Each CCD frame including field and respective cluster covers an area of 185 arcmin^2. The stellar population sampled is of intermediate age and metallicity. CMD radial analysis involving star count ratios, morphology and integrated light properties are carried out. Luminosity functions (LFs) are also presented. Two main results are: (i) Within the range 4<R(kpc)<8, the distance from the LMC center is well correlated with the average age in the sense that inner fields are younger and; (ii) Beyond approximately 8kpc the outer fields do not show evidence of a significant intermediate-age component in their stellar populations, as inferred from red giant clump star counts. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('astro-ph/9903329v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('astro-ph/9903329v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 22 March, 1999; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> March 1999. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">27 pages, 4 tables, 11 figures; accepted by the AJ</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9803167">arXiv:astro-ph/9803167</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/9803167">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/ps/astro-ph/9803167">ps</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/astro-ph/9803167">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics">astro-ph</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1086/300448">10.1086/300448 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Ages and Metallicities of Star Clusters and Surrounding Fields in the Outer Disk of the Large Magellanic Cloud </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bica%2C+E">Eduardo Bica</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Geisler%2C+D">Doug Geisler</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Dottori%2C+H">Horacio Dottori</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Clari%C3%A1%2C+J+J">Juan J. Clari谩</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Piatti%2C+A+E">Andr茅s E. Piatti</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">Jo茫o F. C. Santos Jr.</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="astro-ph/9803167v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> We present Washington system C,T_1 CMDs of 13 star clusters and their surrounding fields which lie in the outer parts of the LMC disk. Ages are determined by means of the magnitude difference between the giant branch clump and the turnoff, while metallicities are derived from the location of the giant and subgiant branches as compared to fiducial star clusters. We find that in most cases the ste… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('astro-ph/9803167v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('astro-ph/9803167v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="astro-ph/9803167v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> We present Washington system C,T_1 CMDs of 13 star clusters and their surrounding fields which lie in the outer parts of the LMC disk. Ages are determined by means of the magnitude difference between the giant branch clump and the turnoff, while metallicities are derived from the location of the giant and subgiant branches as compared to fiducial star clusters. We find that in most cases the stellar population of each star cluster is quite similar to that of the field where it is embedded. Three particular fields present remarkable properties: (i) The so far unique cluster ESO121-SC03 at ~9 Gyr has a surrounding field which shares the same properties. (ii) The field surrounding the far eastern intermediate age cluster OHSC37 is noteworthy in the sense that we do not detect any evidence of LMC stars. (iii) The fields of SL388 and SL509 present CMDs with a secondary clump ~0.45 mag fainter than the dominant intermediate age clump, suggesting a stellar population component located behind the LMC disk at a distance comparable to that of the SMC. The mean metallicity derived for the intermediate age outer disk clusters is <[Fe/H]>=-0.7 and for their surrounding fields <[Fe/H]>=-0.6. These values are significantly lower than found by Olszewski et al. (1991, AJ, 101, 515) for a sample of clusters of similar age, but are in good agreement with several recent studies. A few clusters stand out in the age--metallicity relation in the sense that they are intermediate age clusters at relatively low metallicity ([Fe/H]~-1). <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('astro-ph/9803167v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('astro-ph/9803167v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 14 March, 1998; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> March 1998. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">LaTeX, to be published in July, 1998 Astronomical Journal</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9709191">arXiv:astro-ph/9709191</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/9709191">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/ps/astro-ph/9709191">ps</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/astro-ph/9709191">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics">astro-ph</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1086/118614">10.1086/118614 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> A Search for Old Star Clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Geisler%2C+D">Doug Geisler</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bica%2C+E">Eduardo Bica</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Dottori%2C+H">Horacio Dottori</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Clari%C3%A1%2C+J+J">Juan J. Clari谩</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Piatti%2C+A+E">Andr茅s E. Piatti</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">Jo茫o F. C. Santos Jr.</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="astro-ph/9709191v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> We report the first results of a color-magnitude diagram survey of 25 candidate old LMC clusters. For almost all of the sample, it was possible to reach the turnoff region, and in many clusters we have several magnitudes of the main sequence. Age estimates based on the magnitude difference $未T_1$ between the giant branch clump and the turnoff revealed that no new old clusters were found. The can… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('astro-ph/9709191v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('astro-ph/9709191v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="astro-ph/9709191v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> We report the first results of a color-magnitude diagram survey of 25 candidate old LMC clusters. For almost all of the sample, it was possible to reach the turnoff region, and in many clusters we have several magnitudes of the main sequence. Age estimates based on the magnitude difference $未T_1$ between the giant branch clump and the turnoff revealed that no new old clusters were found. The candidates turned out to be of intermediate age (1-3 Gyr) We show that the apparently old ages as inferred from integrated UBV colors can be explained by a combination of stochastic effects produced by bright stars and by photometric errors for faint clusters lying in crowded fields. The relatively metal poor candidates from the CaII triplet spectroscopy also turned out to be of intermediate age. This, combined with the fact that they lie far out in the disk, yields interesting constraints regarding the formation and evolution of the LMC disk. We also study the age distribution of intermediate age and old clusters This homogeneous set of accurate relative ages allows us to make an improved study of the history of cluster formation/destruction for ages $>1$Gyr. We confirm previous indications that there was apparently no cluster formation in the LMC during the period from 3-8 Gyr ago, and that there was a pronounced epoch of cluster formation beginning 3 Gyrs ago that peaked at about 1.5 Gyrs ago. Our results suggest that there are few, if any, genuine old clusters in the LMC left to be found. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('astro-ph/9709191v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('astro-ph/9709191v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 18 September, 1997; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> September 1997. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">LaTeX, to be published in Nov. 1997 Astronomical Journal</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9610175">arXiv:astro-ph/9610175</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/9610175">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/ps/astro-ph/9610175">ps</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/astro-ph/9610175">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics">astro-ph</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1086/303921">10.1086/303921 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Integrated Near-Infrared Colors of Star Clusters: Analysis of the Stochastic Effects on the IMF </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santos%2C+J+F+C">Jo茫o F. C. Santos Jr.</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Frogel%2C+J+A">Jay A. Frogel</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="astro-ph/9610175v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> We examine the influence of stochastic effects on the integrated near-infrared light of star clusters with ages between 7.5<log(t)<9.25. To do this, we use stellar evolution models and a Monte Carlo technique to simulate the effects of stochastic variations in the numbers of main sequence, giant, and supergiant stars for single-generation stellar populations. The fluctuations in the integrated l… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('astro-ph/9610175v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('astro-ph/9610175v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="astro-ph/9610175v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> We examine the influence of stochastic effects on the integrated near-infrared light of star clusters with ages between 7.5<log(t)<9.25. To do this, we use stellar evolution models and a Monte Carlo technique to simulate the effects of stochastic variations in the numbers of main sequence, giant, and supergiant stars for single-generation stellar populations. The fluctuations in the integrated light produced by such variations are evaluated for the VJHK bands. We show that the $VJHK$ light of the star clusters can be strongly affected by plausible stochastic fluctuations in the numbers of bright but scarce stars. In particular, the inclusion of thermally pulsing AGB stars in the stellar evolution models yields integrated colors with values in agreement with the spread seen for Large Magellanic Cloud clusters that are known to have significant number of AGB stars. Implications of this analysis are important for studies of the integrated light of stellar populations where it is not possible to resolve individual stars. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('astro-ph/9610175v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('astro-ph/9610175v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 22 October, 1996; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> October 1996. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">23 pages, AASTeX, 7 postscript figures, submitted to ApJ, revised version</span> </p> </li> </ol> <div class="is-hidden-tablet">  <span class="help" style="display: inline-block;"><a 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