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Young Star Clusters: Metallicity Tracers in External Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

Peter Anders ,
Uta Fritze – v. Alvensleben  and
Richard de Grijs
Peter Anders
Affiliation:
Universitäts-Sternwarte Göttingen, Geismarlandstrasse 11, 37083 Göttingen, Germany
Uta Fritze – v. Alvensleben
Affiliation:
Universitäts-Sternwarte Göttingen, Geismarlandstrasse 11, 37083 Göttingen, Germany
Richard de Grijs
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, The University of Sheffield, Hicks Building, Hounsfield Road, Sheffield S3 IRE, UK

Abstract

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Star cluster formation is a major mode of star formation in the extreme conditions of interacting galaxies and violent star bursts. These newly-formed clusters are built from recycled gas, pre-enriched to various levels within the interacting galaxies. Hence, star clusters of different ages represent a fossil record of the chemical enrichment history of their host galaxy, as well as of the host galaxy’s violent star formation history. We present a new set of evolutionary synthesis models of our GALEV code, specifically developed to include the gaseous emission of presently forming star clusters, and a new tool to analyze multi-color observations with our models. First results for newly-born clusters in the dwarf star-burst galaxy NGC 1569 are presented.

Type
I. Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 13 , 2005 , pp. 667 - 669
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2005

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