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Exploring the nature and synchronicity of early cluster formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud – III. Horizontal branch morphology.
- Source :
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; Mar2018, Vol. 474 Issue 4, p4358-4365, 8p, 3 Charts, 7 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- We leverage new high-quality data from Hubble Space Telescope program GO-14164 to explore the variation in horizontal branch morphology among globular clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Our new observations lead to photometry with a precision commensurate with that available for the Galactic globular cluster population. Our analysis indicates that, once metallicity is accounted for, clusters in the LMC largely share similar horizontal branch morphologies regardless of their location within the system. Furthermore, the LMC clusters possess, on average, slightly redder morphologies than most of the inner halo Galactic population; we find, instead, that their characteristics tend to be more similar to those exhibited by clusters in the outer Galactic halo. Our results are consistent with previous studies, showing a correlation between horizontal branch morphology and age. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- LARGE magellanic cloud
ASTRONOMICAL observations
GLOBULAR clusters
STAR clusters
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00358711
- Volume :
- 474
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 128124009
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx3061