Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-05-02
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted for publication in A&A
Scientific paper
V-band luminosity functions have been obtained for the upper main-sequence, sub-giant branch and red giant branch of 18 galactic globular clusters from HST data. A comparison with four sets of theoretical models has been performed. In contrast with what was found in several previous works, a Good general agreement has been found between the observed and theoretical LF at any metallicity [M/H]<-0.7. Possible discrepancies at higher metallicity, in the upper part of the RGB, need to be confirmed with further observational data and by extending all the models to the most metal rich regime. The SGB shape has been used to set an upper limit to the cluster age, and consequently a lower limit on the cluster distance. A discussion on the still open problem of the mismatch between the observed and theoretical RGB bump location is also presented.
Piotto Giampaolo
Zoccali Manuela
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