S-PLUS: exploring wide field properties of multiple populations in galactic globular clusters at different metallicities
Creators
- 1. Departamento de Astronomia, Instituto de Física , UFRGS, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
- 2. Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 80 Nandan Rd 200030, Shanghai, China
- 3. Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 4. Centro de Astronomía (CITEVA), Universidad de Antofagasta , Av. Angamos 601, Antofagasta, Chile
- 5. Millennium Institute of Astrophysics , Nuncio Monseñor Sotero Sanz 100, Of. 104, Providencia, Santiago, Chile
- 6. Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) , Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal, 4, E-20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Guipuzkoa, Spain
- 7. IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science , E-48013, Bilbao, Spain
- 8. Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University , Liverpool L3 5RF, UK
- 9. Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Instituto de Astronomia , Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas, SP, Brazil
- 10. University of São Paulo
- 11. Observatório Nacional , Rua General José Cristino, 77, São Cristóvão, 20921-400, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
- 12. GMTO Corporation 465 N. Halstead Street , Suite 250 Pasadena, CA 91107, USA
- 13. Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina , Florianópolis, SC 88040-900, Brazil
- 14. Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
- 15. NOAO , PO Box 26732, Tucson, AZ 85726, USA
Description
ABSTRACT
Multiple stellar populations (MSPs) are a ubiquitous phenomenon in Galactic globular clusters (GCs). By probing different spectral ranges affected by different absorption lines using the multiband photometric survey S-PLUS, we study four GCs – NGC 104, NGC 288, NGC 3201, and NGC 7089 – that span a wide range of metallicities. With the combination of broad and narrow-band photometry in 12 different filters from 3485A (u) to 9114A (z), we identified MSPs along the rectified red-giant branch in colour–magnitude diagrams and separated them using a K-means clustering algorithm. Additionally, we take advantage of the large Field of View of the S-PLUS detector to investigate radial trends in our sample. We report on six colour combinations that can be used to successfully identify two stellar populations in all studied clusters and show that they can be characterized as Na-rich and Na-poor. For both NGC 288 and NGC 7089, their radial profiles show a clear concentration of 2P population. This directly supports the formation theories that propose an enrichment of the intra-cluster medium and subsequent star formation in the more dense central regions. However, in the case of NGC 3201, the trend is reversed. The 1P is more centrally concentrated, in direct contradiction with previous literature studies. NGC 104 shows a well-mixed population. We also constructed radial profiles up to 1 half-light radius of the clusters with HST data to highlight that radial differences are lost in the inner regions of the GCs and that wide-field studies are essential when studying this.
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Journal article
Journal:
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Publisher:
Oxford University Press (OUP)
ISSN:
00358711
Volume:
515
Pages:
4191-4200
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DOI
10.1093/mnras/stac1411
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Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
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Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico — Grant: 310041/2018-0
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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul — Grant: CNPq-403580/2016-1
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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul — Grant: CNPq-11153/2018-6
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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul — Grant: PqG/FAPERGS-17/2551-0001
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CAPES — Grant: 19/2551-0000696-9
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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
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UNESCO
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ABC
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Chinese Academy of Sciences
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CAS — Grant: E085201009
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MAS
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European Space Agency
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UFS
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Federal University of Santa Catarina
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São Paulo Research Foundation
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Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel
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FAPERJ
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FINEP
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