J/MNRAS/431/1995 Deep uVI photometry of NGC2419 (Beccari+, 2013)
Evidence for multiple populations in the massive globular cluster NGC2419 from
deep uVI LBT photometry.
Beccari G., Bellazzini M., Lardo C., Bragaglia A., Carretta E.,
Dalessandro E., Mucciarelli A., Pancino E.
<Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 431, 1995-2005 (2013)>
=2013MNRAS.431.1995B 2013MNRAS.431.1995B
ADC_Keywords: Clusters, globular ; Photometry
Keywords: stars: evolution - globular clusters: individual: NGC 2419
Abstract:
We present accurate wide-field uVI photometry of the remote and
massive Galactic globular cluster NGC 2419, aimed at searching for the
u-V colour spread along the red giant branch (RGB) which is generally
interpreted as the photometric signature of the presence of multiple
populations in globular clusters. Focusing on the RGB stars in the
magnitude range 19.8≤V≤22.0, we find that (i) the u-V, u-I and the
V-I spreads about the RGB ridge line are significantly larger than
that expected from observational errors, accurately quantified by
means of extensive artificial stars experiments, (ii) the intrinsic
colour spreads in u-V and u-I are larger than in V-I, and (iii) the
stars lying to the blue of the RGB ridge line in u-V and u-I are
significantly more concentrated towards the cluster centre than those
lying to the red of that line. All the above observational facts can
be interpreted in a scenario where a sizable fraction of cluster stars
belong to a second generation heavily enriched in helium. Finally, we
find that bright RGB stars (17.5<V<19.0) having [Mg/Fe]<0.0 lie
preferentially on the red side of the cluster RGB, while those having
[Mg/Fe]>0.0 lie preferentially on the blue side.
Description:
Photometry was acquired at the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT, Mount
Graham, AZ, USA), on the night of 2011-10-23 under good seeing
conditions (0.7-0.9arcsec) using the blue and red channels of the LBC
(LBC-B and LBC-R, respectively) simultaneously.
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catalog.dat 71 7442 The complete photometric catalogue of NGC 2419
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See also:
J/PASP/117/37 : BVRI photometry in NGC 2419, Pal 4, and Pal 14 (Saha+, 2005)
J/AJ/136/2259 : HST photometry of stars in NGC 2419 (Sandquist+, 2008)
J/ApJ/681/311 : Blue stragglers in NGC 2419 (Dalessandro+, 2008)
J/AJ/141/81 : NGC 2419 variable star population (Di Criscienzo+, 2011)
J/ApJ/738/186 : HST and DEIMOS measurements of NGC 2419 stars (Ibata+, 2011)
J/ApJ/740/60 : Equivalent widths for NGC2419 & NGC7099 RGB stars (Cohen+ 2011)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: catalog.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 6 I6 --- ID [100001/400598] Identification number
8- 9 I2 h RAh Right ascension (J2000)
11- 12 I2 min RAm Right ascension (J2000)
14- 19 F6.3 s RAs Right ascension (J2000)
21 A1 --- DE- Declination sign (J2000)
22- 23 I2 deg DEd Declination (J2000)
25- 26 I2 arcmin DEm Declination (J2000)
28- 32 F5.2 arcsec DEs Declination (J2000)
34- 39 F6.3 mag umag uspec (SDSS) magnitude from blue camera
41- 45 F5.3 mag e_umag rms uncertainty on umag
47- 52 F6.3 mag Vmag V magnitude from red cameta
54- 58 F5.3 mag e_Vmag rms uncertainty on Vmag
60- 65 F6.3 mag Imag I magnitude from red cameta
67- 71 F5.3 mag e_Imag rms uncertainty on Imag
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History:
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(End) Patricia Vannier [CDS] 06-Jun-2014