Stroemgren - near-infrared photometry of the Baade's Window. I. The bulge globular cluster NGC6528 and the surrounding field
Annalisa Calamida, Giuseppe Bono, Edoardo P. Lagioia, Antonino P. Milone, Michele Fabrizio, Ivo Saviane, Christian Moni Bidin, Francesco Mauro, Roberto Buonanno… 展开作者
Annalisa Calamida, Giuseppe Bono, Edoardo P. Lagioia, Antonino P. Milone, Michele Fabrizio, Ivo Saviane, Christian Moni Bidin, Francesco Mauro, Roberto Buonanno, Ivan Ferraro, Giacinto Iannicola, Manuela Zoccali
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19 pages, 13 figures, 3 tables, accepted for publication on Astronomy & Astrophysics
We present Stroemgren-NIR photometry of NGC6528 and its surroundings in the Baade's Window. uvby images were collected with EFOSC2@NTT, while NIR catalogs are based on VIRCAM@VISTA and SOFI@NTT data. The matching with HST photometry allowed us to obtain proper-motion-cleaned samples of cluster and bulge stars. The huge color sensitivity of Stroemgren-NIR CMDs helped us in disentangling age and metallicity effects. The RGB of NGC6528 is reproduced by scaled-solar isochrones with solar abundance or alpha-enhanced isochrones with the same iron content, and an age of t = 11+/-1 Gyr. These findings support literature age estimates for NGC6528. We also performed a theoretical metallicity calibration based on the Stroemgren index m1 and on visual-NIR colors for RGs, by adopting scaled-solar and alpha-enhanced models. We applied the calibration to estimate the metallicity of NGC6528, finding [Fe/H] = -0.04+/-0.02, with an intrinsic dispersion of 0.27 dex (by averaging abundances based on the scaled-solar [m], y - J and [m], y - K Metallicity-Index-Color relations), and of -0.11+/-0.01 (sig = 0.27 dex), by using the m1, y - J and m1, y - K relations. These findings support the results of Zoccali et al. (2004) which give [Fe/H] = -0.10+/-0.2, and a low alpha-enhancement, [alpha/Fe] = 0.1, and of Carretta et al. (2001), that find [Fe/H] = 0.07+/-0.01, with [alpha/Fe] = 0.2. By applying the scaled-solar MIC relations to Baade's window RGs, we find a metallicity distribution extending from [Fe/H] ~ -1.0 to ~ 1 dex, with peaks at [Fe/H] ~ -0.2 and +0.55 ([m], y - J and [m], y - K relations), and [Fe/H] ~ -0.25 and +0.4 (m1, y - J and m1, y - K relations). These findings are in good agreement with the spectroscopic studies of Hill et al. (2011) for the Baade's window, of Uttenthaler et al. (2012) for a region centered at (l,b) = (0, -10), and with the results of the ARGOS survey (Ness et al. 2013a).
Mapping the Interstellar Reddening and Extinction towards Baade's Window Using Minimum Light Colors of ab-type RR Lyrae Stars. Revelations from the De-reddened Color-Magnitude Diagrams
Extracting interstellar diffuse absorption bands from cool star spectra: Application to bulge clump giants in Baade's window
星际漫射带通常是从热星光谱中提取的，因为它们具有光滑连续谱的特征。它对可用目标的数量进行了严格的限制，并减少了对IS问题的潜在研究和对云映射的选择的使用。我们发展了一种新的自动拟合方法，适用于具有恒星大气参数的冷星光谱中的星际吸收。我们将此方法应用于红团簇星核球的高分辨率VLT FLAMES/GIRAFFE光谱中三个DIB的提取。结合所有恒星合成光谱、HITRAN-LBLRTM大气透射光谱和漫射带经验吸收剖面，确定了219颗目标星的6196、6204和6284 A DIB强度，并讨论了不确定性的来源。为了测试的DIB提取的灵敏度，我们相互比较的三个结果，并比较的DIB等效宽度与来自一个独立的消光图的基础上OGLE光度数据的变红。恒星、大气和星际混合模型可以很好地再现大多数恒星的光谱。对于宽而强的6284 A DIB，EW的测量不确定度较小，约为10- 15%。正如预期的那样，两个狭窄和较弱的DIB上的Underwear较大，并且发现从一个目标到另一个目标的变化很大。它们强烈地依赖于恒星的径向速度。三个频带之间的DIB-DIB相关性表明提取了有意义的信号。对于6284和6204 A DIB，等效宽度（EW）的恒星间变化也反映了OGLE消光图的特征。
Spectroscopic metallicities and first α-element abundances of RR Lyrae stars in Baade's Window
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile（智利天主教 Pontificia 大学）；Universidad de Santiago de Chile（智利圣地亚哥大学）；Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Astrophysics and Space Exploration (CIRAS)（天体物理与空间探索跨学科研究中心）；Università degli Studi di Bologna（博洛尼亚大学）；INAF（意大利国家天体物理研究所）；Max Planck Institute for Astronomy（马克斯·普朗克天文学研究所）；Universität Heidelberg（海德堡大学）；IAC – Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias（加那利天体物理研究所）；Universidad de La Laguna（拉帕尔马大学）；European Southern Observatory（欧洲南方天文台）
Reddening and metallicity maps of the Milky Way bulge from VVV and 2MASS II. The complete high resolution extinction map and implications for Bulge studies
