A Stromgren view of the multiple populations in globular clusters

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2011-09-14

arxiv.org/abs/1109.3199v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Galaxy Astrophysics

Accepted for publication on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Figures 1,3,5 degraded in resolution

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We discuss a variety of photometric indices assembled from the uvby Stromgren system. Our aim is to examine the pros and cons of the various indices to find the most suitable one(s) to study the properties of multiple populations in globular clusters (GCs) discovered by spectroscopy. We explore in particular the capabilities of indices like m_1 and c_y at different metallicities. We define a new index delta_4=(u-v)-(b-y) to separate first and second stellar generations in GCs of any metal abundance, since it keeps the sensitivity to multiple stellar populations over all the metallicity range and at the same time minimizes the sensitivity to photometric errors. We detecte clear differences in the red giant branches of the GCs examined, like skewness or bi/multi-modality in color distribution. We connect the photometric information with the spectroscopic results on O, Na abundances we obtained in our survey of GCs. Finally, we compute the effects of different chemical composition on the Stromgren filters and indices using synthetic spectra.

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