Subaru new Ca filter transmission function Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Lee Y.-W.
  2. Han S.-I.
  3. Joo S.-J.
  4. Jang S.
  5. Na C.
  6. Okamoto S.
  7. Arimoto N.,Lim D.
  8. Kim H.-S.
  9. Yoon S.-J.
  10. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

Recent spectroscopic observations of the outer halo globular cluster (GC) NGC 2419 show that it is unique among GCs, in terms of chemical abundance patterns, and some suggest that it was originated in the nucleus of a dwarf galaxy. Here we show, from the Subaru narrowband photometry employing a calcium filter, that the red giant branch (RGB) of this GC is split into two distinct subpopulations. Comparison with spectroscopy has confirmed that the redder RGB stars in the hk[=(Ca-b)-(b-y)] index are enhanced in [Ca/H] by ~0.2dex compared to the bluer RGB stars. Our population model further indicates that the calcium-rich second generation stars are also enhanced in helium abundance by a large amount ({Delta}Y=0.19). Our photometry, together with the results for other massive GCs (e.g., {omega} Cen, M22, and NGC 1851), suggests that the discrete distribution of RGB stars in the hk index might be a universal characteristic of this growing group of peculiar GCs. The planned narrowband calcium photometry for the Local Group dwarf galaxies would help to establish an empirical connection between these GCs and the primordial building blocks in the hierarchical merging paradigm of galaxy formation.

Keywords
  1. visible-astronomy
  2. narrow-band-photometry
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2013ApJ...778L..13L
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https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJ/778/L13
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/778/L13
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.17789013

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History

2015-06-08T15:16:30Z
Resource record created
2015-06-08T15:16:30Z
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2017-06-27T06:38:51Z
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