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16 February 2025
 
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Old Stellar Populations of the Small Magellanic Cloud
A. E. Dolphin ; A. R. Walker ; P. W. Hodge ; M. Mateo ; E. W. Olszewski ; R. A. Schommer ; N. B. Suntzeff ;
Date 9 Jul 2001
Subject astro-ph
AbstractWe present WFPC2 and ground-based VI photometry of NGC 121 and a nearby field in the outer SMC. For NGC 121, we measure a true distance modulus of (m-M)0 = 18.96 +/- 0.04 (distance of 61.9 +/- 1.1 kpc), age of 10.6 +/- 0.5 Gyr, metallicity of [Fe/H] = -1.03 +/- 0.06, and initial mass of 4.1 +/- 0.4 x 10^5 Msun, assuming a Salpeter IMF with lower cutoff at 0.1 Msun. In the outer SMC field, we find evidence of stars covering a wide range of ages -- from 2 Gyr old to at least 9-12 Gyr old. We have measured the distance, extinction, and star formation history (past star formation rates and enrichment history) using a CMD fitting algorithm. The distance modulus of the SMC is measured to be (m-M)0 = 18.88 +/- 0.08, corresponding to a distance of 59.7 +/- 2.2 kpc. The overall star formation rate appears to have been relatively constant over this period, although there may be small gaps in the star forming activity too small to be resolved. The lack of current star-forming activity is a selection effect, as the field was intentionally chosen to avoid recent activity. The mean metallicity of this field has increased from an average of [Fe/H] = -1.3 +/- 0.3 for stars older than 8 Gyr to [Fe/H] = -0.7 +/- 0.2 in the past 3 Gyr.
Source arXiv, astro-ph/0107164
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