Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-07-04
Astron.J.132:1630-1644,2006
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
26 pages of text plus 14 figures and 6 tables. Accepted for publication in AJ. Scheduled for Vol. 132, No. 4 (October 2006)
Scientific paper
10.1086/507303
Abridged Abstract - Utilizing the FORS2 instrument on the VLT, we have obtained near infrared spectra for more than 200 stars in 28 populous LMC clusters. This cluster sample spans a large range of ages (~ 1-13 Gyr) and metallicities (-0.3 > [Fe/H] > -2.0) and has good areal coverage of the LMC disk. The strong absorption lines of the Calcium II triplet are used to derive cluster radial velocities and abundances. We determine mean cluster velocities to typically 1.6 km/s and mean metallicities to 0.04 dex (random error). For eight of these clusters, we report the first spectroscopically determined metallicities based on individual cluster stars, and six of these eight have no published radial velocity measurements. (continued in paper)
Cole Andrew A.
Geisler Doug
Grocholski Aaron J.
Sarajedini Ata
Smith Verne V.
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