Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 1997
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997aas...191.8006s&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, 191st AAS Meeting, #80.06; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 29, p.1338
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
We provide a comprehensive list of re-determinations of the values for the helium abundance indicators R =NHB/NRGB, A (the exponent of the mass-luminosity relation for RR Lyraes), and Delta (the magnitude difference between the HB and the main sequence at (B-V)0 = 0.7) for globular clusters in the Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds as well as nearby dwarf spheroidals. This study corrects a prevalent error in the determination of R, and provides a more comprehensive error analysis for all three indicators. We attempt to correlate the indicators to identify anomalous abundances in spite of shortcomings in each indicator. From the R determinations, we identify 6 clusters which show high values, possibly as a result of environmental factors --- each cluster has a galactocentric radius of less than 7 kpc, and 5 of the 6 appear to be post-core-collapse. From A values, all indications point toward a constant helium abundance of Y~0.23 for virtually all Oosterhoff class I clusters. In general, uncertainties in reddening determinations must be reduced in order to improve the worth of the Delta indicator, which is the most sensitive to helium.
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