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Ages of Globular Clusters from Hipparcos Parallaxes of Local Subdwarfs | | R.G. Gratton
; F. Fusi Pecci
; E. Carretta
; G. Clementini
; C.E. Corsi
; M.G. Lattanzi
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15 Apr 1997 | | Subject: | astro-ph | | Abstract: | We report here initial but still strongly conclusive results on absolute ages of galactic globular clusters (GGCs). This study is based on high precision trigonometric parallaxes from the HIPPARCOS satellite coupled with accurate metal abundances ([Fe/H], [O/Fe], and [alpha/Fe]) from high resolution spectroscopy for a sample of about thirty subdwarfs. Systematic effects due to star selection (Lutz-Kelker corrections to parallaxes) and to the possible presence of undetected binaries in the sample of bona fide single stars are examined, and appropriate corrections are estimated. They are found to be small for our sample. The new data allowed us to reliably define the absolute location of the main sequence (MS) as a function of metallicity. These results are then used to derive distances and ages for a carefully selected sample of nine globular clusters having metallicities determined from high dispersion spectra of individual giants according to a procedure totally consistent with that used for the field subdwarfs. Very precise and homogeneous reddening values have also been independently determined for these clusters. We find that HIPPARCOS parallaxes are smaller than the corresponding ground-based measurements leading, in turn, to longer distance moduli ($sim 0.2$ mag) and younger ages ($sim 2.8$ Gyr). The relation between the zero age HB (ZAHB) absolute magnitude and metallicity for the nine programme clusters turns out to be: $M_V(ZAHB) = (0.22pm 0.09)([Fe/H]+1.5) + (0.49pm 0.04)$. The corresponding LMC distance modulus is $(m-M)_0=18.60pm 0.07$. The age of the bona fide old globular clusters (Oosterhoff II and BHB) based on the absolute magnitude of the turn-off, a theoretically robust indicator, is: Age = {11.8^{+2.1}_{-2.5}} Gyr. | | Source: | arXiv, astro-ph/9704150 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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