Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1997-04-09
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Uses aas2pp4.sty and epsfig.sty, 8 pages, To appear in ApJ letters
Scientific paper
10.1086/310715
We investigate techniques that can be used to determine ages of starburst regions containing populations beyond their early nebular phase. In particular, we study the strength of the CaII triplet (lambda 8498, 8542, 8662 Ang) and the CO index (2.31-2.40 micron band) using synthetic models as the starburst evolves. For an instantaneous burst of star formation both of these absorption features remain strongest between 7-14 Myr corresponding to the red supergiant population. The detailed evolutionary behavior of the starburst is strongly metallicity dependent. Low metallicity starburst models successfully reproduce the distribution of equivalent widths of CaII triplet with age in Large Magellanic Cloud clusters. The clusters in the red supergiant phase strongly favor the stellar evolutionary models incorporating mass-loss rates higher than the standard values. We suggest usage of diagrams involving CaII triplet equivalent width, CO index and nebular recombination lines to infer the history as well as age of starburst regions.
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