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Metallicity and kinematics of a large sample of LMC and SMC clusters
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Grocholski, AJ and Parisi, MC and Geisler, D and Sarajedini, A and Cole, AA, Metallicity and kinematics of a large sample of LMC and SMC clusters, The Magellanic System: Stars, Gas and Galaxies Proceedings IAU Symposium No. 256, 28 July-1 August, 2008., Keele University, Staffordshire, pp. 287-292. ISBN 978-0-521-88987-2 (2009) [Non Refereed Conference Paper]
DOI: doi:10.1017/S1743921308028597
Abstract
We have carried out a large-scale investigation of the metallicity and kinematics for a number of LMC and SMC star clusters using Ca ii triplet spectra obtained at the VLT. Our sample includes 28 LMC and 16 SMC clusters, covering a wide range of ages and spatial extent of the host galaxy. We determine mean cluster velocities to about 2 km s-1 and metallicities to 0.05 dex (random error), from about 7 members per cluster. Herein we present the main results for this study for the cluster metallicity distributions, metallicity gradients, age-metallicity relations and kinematics. © 2009 International Astronomical Union.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Non Refereed Conference Paper |
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| Research Division: | Physical Sciences |
| Research Group: | Astronomical sciences |
| Research Field: | Galactic astronomy |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in the physical sciences |
| UTAS Author: | Cole, AA (Professor Andrew Cole) |
| ID Code: | 60697 |
| Year Published: | 2009 |
| Deposited By: | Physics |
| Deposited On: | 2010-02-16 |
| Last Modified: | 2010-02-16 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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