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用K波段光度学探测NGC 4570中的富金属中间年龄球状星团

Detecting metal-rich intermediate-age Globular Clusters in NGC 4570 using K-band photometry

R. Kotulla, U. Fritze, P. Anders

摘要:

早型星系的球状星团系统(GCSs)的光学色分布具有双峰特征。蓝峰GC被认为是古老和贫金属的,而红峰GC的年龄,金属丰度和起源仍有争议。我们获得了深K波段测光,并将其与HST观测g和z相结合,以产生从光学到近红外的完整SED。这使我们能够打破年龄-金属性简并。我们使用我们的演化合成模型GALEV星团计算一个大网格的模型与不同的金属丰度和广泛的年龄。将这些模型与我们的观测结果进行比较,发现了大量的中间年龄(1-3 Gyr)和富含金属(~太阳金属丰度)的球状星团,这将使我们进一步了解该星系的形成历史。

英文摘要:

Globular Cluster Systems (GCSs) of most early-type galaxies feature two peaks in their optical colour distributions. Blue-peak GCs are believed to be old and metal-poor, whereas the ages, metallicities, and the origin of the red-peak GCs are still being debated. We obtained deep K-band photometry and combined it with HST observations in g and z to yield a full SED from optical to near-infrared. This now allows us to break the age-metallicity degeneracy. We used our evolutionary synthesis models GALEV for star clusters to compute a large grid of models with different metallicities and a wide range of ages. Comparing these models to our observations revealed a large population of intermediate-age (1-3 Gyr) and metalrich (~ solar metallicity) globular clusters, that will give us further insights into the formation history of this galaxy.

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