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The Formation and Evolution of LMC Globular Clusters: The Database

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

S. F. Beaulieu ,
R. Elson ,
G. Gilmore ,
R. A. Johnson ,
N. Tanvir  and
B. Santiago
S. F. Beaulieu
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HA, UK
R. Elson
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HA, UK
G. Gilmore
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HA, UK
R. A. Johnson
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HA, UK
N. Tanvir
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HA, UK
B. Santiago
Affiliation:
Instituto de Fisica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Goncalves 9500, Porto Alegre RS, CEP: 91501-970, Brazil

Abstract

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We present details of the database from a large Cycle 7 HST project to study the formation and evolution of rich star clusters in the LMC (see Elson et al., this volume). Our data set, which includes NICMOS, WFPC2 and STIS images of 8 clusters, will enable us to derive deep luminosity functions for the clusters and to investigate the universality of the stellar IMF. We will look for age spreads in the youngest clusters, quantify the population of binary stars in the cores of the clusters and at the half-mass radii, and follow the development of mass segregation.

Type
Part 6. Stellar Clusters
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 190: New Views of the Magellanic Clouds , 1999 , pp. 460 - 461
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 

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