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Deep Multi-Color Imaging in 47 Tuc: Some Early Results 2MASS ALL SKY IMAGE Disk Bulge Magellanic Clouds 47 Tuc Halo H. Richer (UBC)
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Hubble’s 25th Anniversary!! Cycle 1
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Deep Multi-Color Imaging in 47 Tuc: Some Early Results 2MASS ALL SKY IMAGE Disk Bulge Magellanic Clouds 47 Tuc Halo H. Richer (UBC)
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CollaboratorsCollaborators l R. Goldsbury, H. Richer, K. Woodley - UBC l J. Anderson, J. Kalirai - STScI l B. Hansen, D. Reitzel, M. Rich - UCLA l A. Dotter - UVic l G. Fahlman, P. Stetson - HIA/NRC l J. Hurley - Swinburne l I. King - UW l M. Shara - AMNH
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WD Cooling Model and N6397 Model from Bergeron (2008) Note: Excellent fit through most cooling region At bright end real WDs too red or too bright - radii too large or minor colour transformation problems? At faint end real stars turn blue (CIA) faster than models See poster by Rich et al.
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Model Fit to Data Model Fit to Data l Age = 12.21 +/-0.35 Gyr l Includes opacity from red wing L (Kowalski 2006) l Systematic errors from different models not included Hansen et al 2007 Comparison N6397 and M4 Luminosity Functions
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Galactic Disk is Younger than Halo Galactic Disk is Younger than Halo lDots = disk lLine = M4 (halo) lM4 LF fainter WDs lM4 older than disk lDisk age 7.5±1.0 Gyr
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47 Tuc - an Important Template 47 Tuc - an Important Template Brown et al. 2009 Disk/Bulge TemplateTemplate RGBs Nearby Galaxies Harris 2010
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GO 11677 on 47 Tuc (Cycle 17) Orbits 121 Field 6’ west of centre ACS F606W F814W Archival F475W F775W F850L WFC3 UVIS: F390W F606W IR: F160W F110W Science Age, binary, variables, planets, H-burning limit, brown dwarfs, motion & MF SMC
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ACS Images ACS Images Full Field Center Edge
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ACS CMD WD Cooling Simulations ACS CMD WD Cooling Simulations
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WFC3 Images 47 Tuc F110W F160W
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47 Tuc Near IR CMD 47 Tuc Near IR CMD TO Kink (CIA) Width (real) SMC TO Kink Width - Real SMC
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47 Tuc Near IR CMD - Ages 47 Tuc Near IR CMD - Ages Age 2 ways Turnoff 11 Gyrs mag or color (Kink-TO) 11-12 Gyrs Models by A. Dotter
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47 Tuc Near IR CMD 47 Tuc Near IR CMD Width Lower MS - real, easy to quantify as MS vertical · Models indicate light element variations (mainly O) · He can’t explain at fixed [Fe/H]
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Cosmology and WD Cooling Ages Cosmology and WD Cooling Ages WMAP Model z vs age z and Cosmic Star Formation Disk 47 Tuc--> N6397/M4 SFR (M yr -1 Mpc -3 ) 1 0.1 0.01 2 46 Z Z T (Gyr) Disk N6397/M4 681012 14 2 3 4 5 1 0 47 Tuc --> Spergel et al. 2003 Thompson et al. 2006
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Photometric Errors on the Lower Main Sequence
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