Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-08-08
Astrophys.J.Suppl.143:499-512,2002
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
LaTeX, 11 Figures, 3 Tables. The Astrophysical Journal Suppl, 2002, accepted
Scientific paper
10.1086/343041
We present a new set of isochrones in which the effect of the alpha-element enhancement is fully incorporated. These isochrones are an extension of the already published set of YY Isochrones (Yi et al. 2001: Paper 1), constructed for the scaled-solar mixture. As in Paper 1, helium diffusion and convective core overshoot have been taken into account.The range of chemical compositions covered is 0.00001 < Z < 0.08. The models were evolved from the pre-main-sequence stellar birthline to the onset of helium burning in the core. The age range of the full isochrone set is 0.1 -- 20 Gyr, while younger isochrones of age 1 -- 80 Myr are also presented up to the main-sequence turn-off. Combining this set with that of Paper 1 for scaled-solar mixture isochrones, we provide a consistent set of isochrones which can be used to investigate populations of any value of alpha-enhancement. We confirm the earlier results of Paper 1 that inclusion of alpha-enhancement effects further reduces the age estimates of globular clusters by approximately 8 percent if [alpha/Fe]=+0.3. It is important to note the metallicity dependence of the change in age estimates (larger age reductions in lower metallicities). This reduces the age gap between the oldest metal-rich and metal-poor Galactic stellar populations and between the halo and the disk populations. The isochrone tables, together with interpolation routines have been made available via internet; http://www.astro.yale.edu/demarque/yyiso.html http://www-astro.physics.ox.ac.uk/~yi/yyiso.html http://csaweb.yonsei.ac.kr/~kim/yyiso.html
Alexander David R.
Demarque Pierre
Kim Yong--Cheol
Yi Sukyoung K.
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