Synthetic models are computed in order to study the evolution with time of integrated luminosities and colors for stellar systems spanning ranges of total mass and metal abundance similar to those characteristic of the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds (SMC and LMC) globular-like clusters. General aspects of this synthetic approach, results relative to the integral bolometric and U, B, V fluxes and colors, and indications on the reliability of photometric synthesis in giving informations on the stellar content of star clusters are discussed. A picture for the formation and evolution of the Cloud clusters is discussed on the basis of the comparison between theory and observations. In particular, an evaluation of the masses for a sample of MC clusters based on the models is given, a discussion of the problem of the gap in the integral color distributions is reported, and a possible solution on the basis of the synthetic models is suggested.

Evolutionary population synthesis - an application to Magellanic Cloud clusters / Paolo, Battinelli; CAPUZZO DOLCETTA, Roberto Angelo. - In: THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. - ISSN 0004-637X. - STAMPA. - 347:(1989), pp. 794-811. [10.1086/168169]

Evolutionary population synthesis - an application to Magellanic Cloud clusters

CAPUZZO DOLCETTA, Roberto Angelo
1989

Abstract

Synthetic models are computed in order to study the evolution with time of integrated luminosities and colors for stellar systems spanning ranges of total mass and metal abundance similar to those characteristic of the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds (SMC and LMC) globular-like clusters. General aspects of this synthetic approach, results relative to the integral bolometric and U, B, V fluxes and colors, and indications on the reliability of photometric synthesis in giving informations on the stellar content of star clusters are discussed. A picture for the formation and evolution of the Cloud clusters is discussed on the basis of the comparison between theory and observations. In particular, an evaluation of the masses for a sample of MC clusters based on the models is given, a discussion of the problem of the gap in the integral color distributions is reported, and a possible solution on the basis of the synthetic models is suggested.
1989
ASTRONOMICAL MODELS; GALACTIC EVOLUTION; GLOBULAR CLUSTERS; MAGELLANIC CLOUDS; STELLAR COLOR; STELLAR LUMINOSITY; ASTRONOMICAL PHOTOMETRY; COLOR-MAGNITUDE DIAGRAM; STAR CLUSTERS; STAR DISTRIBUTION; STELLAR MASS; STELLAR SYSTEMS
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Evolutionary population synthesis - an application to Magellanic Cloud clusters / Paolo, Battinelli; CAPUZZO DOLCETTA, Roberto Angelo. - In: THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. - ISSN 0004-637X. - STAMPA. - 347:(1989), pp. 794-811. [10.1086/168169]
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