H gamma and H delta Absorption Features in Stars and Stellar Populations

Details H gamma and H delta Absorption Features in Stars and Stellar Populations H gamma and H delta Absorption Features in Stars and Stellar Populations

Aug 1997

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997apjs..111..377w&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal Supplement v.111, p.377

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

411

Galaxies: Evolution, Galaxies: Stellar Content, Line: Profiles, Stars: Abundances

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The H gamma and H delta absorption features are measured in a sample of 455 (out of an original 460) Lick/IDS stars with pseudo--equivalent width indices. For each Balmer feature, two definitions, involving a narrow (~20 Angstroms) and a wide (~40 Angstroms) central bandpass, are measured. These four new Balmer indices augment 21 indices previously determined by Worthey et al., and polynomial fitting functions that give index strengths as a function of stellar temperature, gravity, and [Fe/H] are provided. The new indices are folded into models for the integrated light of stellar populations, and predictions are given for single-burst stellar populations of a variety of ages and metallicities. Contrary to our initial hopes, the indices cannot break a degeneracy between burst age and burst strength in post-starburst objects, but they are successful mean-age indicators when used with sensitive metallicity indicators. An appendix gives data, advice, and examples of how to transform new spectra to the 25-index Lick/IDS system.

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