Two newly identified, relatively old star clusters in the Small Magellanic Cloud

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作者
Piatti, Andres E.
Sarajedini, Ata
Geisler, Doug
Gallart, Carme
Wischnjewsky, Marina
机构
[1] Inst Astron & Fis Espacio, RA-1428 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
[2] Univ Florida, Dept Astron, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
[3] Univ Concepcion, Dept Fis, Astron Grp, Concepcion, Chile
[4] Inst Astrofis Canarias, E-38200 San Cristobal la Laguna, Spain
关键词
techniques : photometric; galaxies : individual; Small Magellanic Cloud; Magellanic Clouds; galaxies : star clusters;
D O I
10.1111/j.1745-3933.2007.00373.x
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We present the results on the age and metallicity estimates of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) clusters L 110, L 112 and L 113 obtained from CCD Washington CT1 photometry. We confirm L 113 as a relatively old and metal-poor cluster, and report for the first time that L 110 and 112 are also relatively old clusters (t similar to 6.5 Gyr). Their derived ages and metallicities reinforce previous suggestions that the farther a cluster is from the centre of the galaxy, the older and more metal-poor it is, with some dispersion. In addition, the bursting star formation model still appears to be the most probable paradigm to describe the SMC's star formation history. We call attention to a second possible burst at similar to 6-7 Gyr, besides the known burst at similar to 3 Gyr.
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页码:L84 / L88
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