Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-03-02
Astron.Astrophys. 419 (2004) 863-876
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
14 pages, 20 figures, accepted for publication in A&A
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20034528
In previous papers of the series we used a combination of optical and near-infrared colours to derive constraints on the relative age structure in globular cluster systems. Here, we present the details, strength and limitations of our method based on Monte-Carlo simulations of colour-colour diagrams and cumulative age distributions. The simulations are based on general informations about the globular cluster systems (e.g. colour-ranges, the number ratios between sub-populations) and the different single stellar population models (SSP's) which are used to derive relative ages. For both the modeled systems and the observed globular cluster systems we derive the cumulative age distribution and introduce two parameters to define it, the so-called 50 % age and the result of the reduced $\chi$$^2$test of the comparison between models and observations. The method was tested successfully on several systems and allowed to reveal significant intermediate age populations in two of them.
Hempel Maren
Kissler-Patig Markus
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