Extending the Red Giant Branch versus Metallicity Calibration toward Metal-poor Systems: Near-Infrared Photometry of the Galactic Globular Clusters M56 and M15

Details Extending the Red Giant Branch versus Metallicity Calibration toward Metal-poor Systems: Near-Infrared Photometry of the Galactic Globular Clusters M56 and M15 Extending the Red Giant Branch versus Metallicity Calibration toward Metal-poor Systems: Near-Infrared Photometry of the Galactic Globular Clusters M56 and M15

May 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000aj....119.2274i&link_type=abstract

The Astronomical Journal, Volume 119, Issue 5, pp. 2274-2281.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Stars: Color-Magnitude Diagrams, Galaxy: Globular Clusters: Individual: Name: Liller 1, Galaxy: Globular Clusters: Individual: Messier Number: M15, Galaxy: Globular Clusters: Individual: Messier Number: M56, Globular Clusters: Individual (Ngc 6553, Ngc 7099), Stars: Population Ii

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Infrared JKs-band photometry of the Galactic globular clusters M15 and, for the first time, M56 is presented. We estimate the reddening [E(B-V)=0.18+/-0.08 mag] and distance modulus [(m-M)V=15.43+/-0.30 mag] toward the poorly studied globular cluster M56. We combine our data with observations of other clusters from the literature (12 in total) to extend the [Fe/H] versus red giant branch (RGB) slope relation toward metal-poor clusters. Our best fit yields [Fe/H]=-3.40(+/-0.22)-27.74(+/-2.35)(RGB slope), with rms=0.20. The broader metallicity baseline greatly reduced the uncertainties compared with other existing calibrations. We confirm a previously obtained calibration of the relation between the RGB color (J-Ks)0(RGB) at MKs=-5.5 versus [Fe/H]: [Fe/H]=-6.90(+/-0.99)+6.63(+/-1.05)(J-Ks)0(RGB) with rms=0.33. Finally, using the new RGB slope calibration we estimated the abundance of the super-metal-rich cluster Liller 1: [Fe/H]=0.34+/-0.22. Based on data taken at the Steward Observatory 2.3 m Bok Telescope equipped with the 256x256 near-IR camera.

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