Hγ & Hδ absorption features (Worthey+ 1997)

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Feb 1998

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998ycat..21110377w&link_type=abstract

VizieR On-line Data Catalog: J/ApJS/111/377. Originally published in: 1997ApJS..111..377W

Physics

Populations: Stellar, Equivalent Widths, Balmer Lines

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The Hγ and Hδ 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 (~20Å) and a wide (~40Å) central bandpass, were 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 poststarbust 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. (1 data file).

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