Horizontal-Branch Morphology and the Photometric Evolution of Old Stellar Populations

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2002-08-02

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0208047v1

Astron.J. 124 (2002) 2664

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

40 pages, 14 figures, Tentatively scheduled for the November 2002 issue of The Astronomical Journal

Scientific paper

10.1086/344066

Theoretical integrated broad-band colors ranging from far-UV to near-IR have been computed for old stellar systems from our evolutionary population synthesis code. These models take into account, for the first time, the detailed systematic variation of horizontal-branch (HB) morphology with age and metallicity. Our models show that some temperature-sensitive color indices are significantly affected by the presence of `blue HB stars'. Our models are calibrated in the B-V, V-I, C-T1, and M-T1 vs. [Fe/H] planes, using low-reddened Galactic globular clusters (GCs) [E(B-V) < 0.2] and the relative age difference between the older inner halo Galactic GCs and younger outer halo counterparts is well reproduced. Several empirical linear color-metallicity transformation relations are assessed with our models and it is noted that they may not be safely used to estimate metallicity if there are sizable age differences amongst GCs within and between galaxies. It is anticipated that the detailed population models presented here coupled with further precise spectrophotometric observations of globular cluster systems in external galaxies from the large ground-based telescopes and space UV facilities will enable us to accurately estimate their ages and metallicities. (abridged)

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