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Using Hα morphology and surface brightness fluctuations to age-date star clusters in M83
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WoS WOS:000288608700001
Scopus SCOPUS_ID:79952167186
DOI 10.1088/0004-637X/729/2/78
Año 2011
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Instituciones Chile

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Abstract



We use new WFC3 observations of the nearby grand-design spiral galaxy M83 to develop two independent methods for estimating the ages of young star clusters. The first method uses the physical extent and morphology of H alpha emission to estimate the ages of clusters younger than tau approximate to 10 Myr. It is based on the simple premise that the gas in very young (tau < a few Myr) clusters is largely coincident with the cluster stars, is in a small, ring-like structure surrounding the stars in slightly older clusters since massive star winds and supernovae have had time to push out the natal gas (e.g., tau approximate to 5 Myr), and is in a larger ring-like bubble for still older clusters (i.e., approximate to 5-10 Myr). If no H alpha is associated with a cluster it is generally older than approximate to 10 Myr. The second method is based on an observed relation between pixel-to-pixel flux variations within clusters and their ages. This method relies on the fact that the brightest individual stars in a cluster are most prominent at ages around 10 Myr, and fall below the detection limit (i.e., M-V < -3.5) for ages older than about 100 Myr. Older clusters therefore have a smoother appearance and smaller pixel-to-pixel variations. The youngest clusters also have lower flux variations, hence the relationship is double valued. This degeneracy in age can be broken using other age indicators such as H alpha morphology. These two methods are the basis for a new morphological classification system which can be used to estimate the ages of star clusters based on their appearance. We compare previous age estimates of clusters in M83 determined from fitting UBVIH alpha measurements using predictions from stellar evolutionary models with our new morphological categories and find good agreement, at the approximate to 95% level. The scatter within categories is approximate to 0.1 dex in log tau for young clusters (< 10 Myr) and approximate to 0.5 dex for older (> 10 Myr) clusters. A by-product of this study is the identification of 22 "single-star" H II regions in M83, with central stars having ages approximate to 4 Myr.

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Astrophysical Journal 0004-637X

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Ord. Autor Género Institución - País
1 Whitmore, B. C. Hombre Space Telescope Sci Inst - Estados Unidos
STScI - Estados Unidos
Space Telescope Science Institute - Estados Unidos
2 Chandar, Rupali - Univ Toledo - Estados Unidos
The University of Toledo - Estados Unidos
3 Kim, Hwihyun - Arizona State Univ - Estados Unidos
School of Earth and Space Exploration - Estados Unidos
4 Kaleida, Catherine Mujer Arizona State Univ - Estados Unidos
School of Earth and Space Exploration - Estados Unidos
5 Mutchler, M. - Space Telescope Sci Inst - Estados Unidos
STScI - Estados Unidos
Space Telescope Science Institute - Estados Unidos
6 Stankiewicz, Matt Hombre Space Telescope Sci Inst - Estados Unidos
STScI - Estados Unidos
Space Telescope Science Institute - Estados Unidos
7 Calzetti, Daniela Mujer Univ Massachusetts - Estados Unidos
University of Massachusetts Amherst - Estados Unidos
8 Saha, Abhijit - Natl Opt Astron Observ - Estados Unidos
National Optical Astronomy Observatory - Estados Unidos
9 O’Connell, Robert W. Hombre UNIV VIRGINIA - Estados Unidos
University of Virginia - Estados Unidos
10 Balick, B. Hombre UNIV WASHINGTON - Estados Unidos
University of Washington, Seattle - Estados Unidos
University of Washington - Estados Unidos
11 Bond, H. Hombre Space Telescope Sci Inst - Estados Unidos
STScI - Estados Unidos
Space Telescope Science Institute - Estados Unidos
12 Carollo, M. Mujer ETH - Suiza
ETH Zurich - Suiza
13 Disney, Mike J. Hombre Cardiff Univ - Reino Unido
Cardiff University - Reino Unido
14 Dopita, Michael Hombre Australian Natl Univ - Australia
Australian National University - Australia
The Australian National University - Australia
15 Frogel, Jay A. Hombre AURA Chile - Estados Unidos
16 Hall, Donald N. B. Hombre Univ Hawaii - Estados Unidos
University of Hawaii System - Estados Unidos
University Hawaii Institute for Astronomy - Estados Unidos
17 Holtzman, J. A. Hombre New Mexico State Univ - Estados Unidos
New Mexico State University Las Cruces - Estados Unidos
New Mexico State University - Estados Unidos
18 Kimble, R. A. Hombre NASA - Estados Unidos
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Estados Unidos
19 McCarthy, Patrick Hombre Carnegie Inst Sci - Estados Unidos
Carnegie Institution of Washington - Estados Unidos
20 Paresce, F. Hombre Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica - Italia
INAF Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Bologna - Italia
21 Silk, J. Hombre UNIV OXFORD - Reino Unido
University of Oxford - Reino Unido
22 Trauger, John T. Hombre NASA JPL - Estados Unidos
Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Estados Unidos
23 WALKER, ALISTAIR Hombre Observatorio Interamericano del Cerro Tololo - Chile
Cerro Tololo Inter American Observatory - Chile
National Optical Astronomy Observatory - Chile
24 Windhorst, Rogier Hombre Arizona State Univ - Estados Unidos
School of Earth and Space Exploration - Estados Unidos
25 Young, E. T. Hombre NASA - Estados Unidos
NASA Ames Research Center - Estados Unidos

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National Science Foundation
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NASA
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Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences

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Agradecimiento
We thank Zolt Levay for making the color images used in Figures 1 and 2. This paper is based on observations taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope obtained at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by AURA, Inc., under NASA contract NAS5-26555. The paper makes use of Early Release Science observations made by the WFC3 Science Oversight Committee. We are grateful to the Director of STScI for awarding Director's Discretionary time for this program. R.C. is grateful for support from NSF through CAREER award 0847467. This research has made use of the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED), which is operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under contract with NASA.

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