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Results from Three Dimensional Spectral Classification of Population II Stars Using the DDO Photometric System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

W. Osborn
W. Osborn*
Affiliation:
Inst. Venezolano de Astronomia and Univ. de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela

Abstract

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The David Dunlap Observatory (DDO) intermediate-band photometric system described in the previous paper has been used to observe a number of red giant branch, horizontal branch, and asymptotic branch members in each of the five globular clusters M3, M5, M10, M13, and M92. A calibration of the DDO system is described by which it was possible to determine the effective temperatures, surface gravities, [Fe/H] values, and masses of the observed stars. The mean [Fe/H] values for the clusters were found to be −1.01 for M3, −0.68 for M5, −1.44 for M10, −1.69 for M13, and −1.96 for M92. Evidence was found that the masses of the horizontal branch and asymptotic branch stars are systematically smaller than those of red giant branch members. Two stars were discovered to have CN bands that are anomalously strong for Population II objects. The observational results have been compared with the theoretical predictions of two detailed Population II evolutionary tracks and in general the agreement is good.

Type
Part III: Photometric Classification
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 50: Spectral Classification and Multicolour Photometry , 1973 , pp. 176 - 182
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1973 

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