2007MNRAS.379...34M

Query : 2007MNRAS.379...34M

2007MNRAS.379...34M - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 379, 34-42 (2007/July-3)

A new method to derive star formation histories of galaxies from their star cluster distributions.

MASCHBERGER T. and KROUPA P.

Abstract (from CDS):

Star formation happens in a clustered way which is why the star cluster population of a particular galaxy is closely related to the star formation history of this galaxy. From the probabilistic nature of a mass function follows that the mass of the most massive cluster of a complete population, Mmax, has a distribution with the total mass of the population as a parameter. The total mass of the population is connected to the star formation rate (SFR) by the length of a formation epoch.

Since due to evolutionary effects only massive star clusters are observable up to high ages, it is convenient to use this Mmax(SFR) relation for the reconstruction of a star formation history. The age distribution of the most massive clusters can therefore be used to constrain the star formation history of a galaxy. The method, including an assessment of the inherent uncertainties, is introduced with this contribution, while following papers will apply this method to a number of galaxies.


Abstract Copyright: 2007 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2007 RAS

Journal keyword(s): galaxies: evolution - galaxies: formation - galaxies: star clusters - galaxies: stellar content

Simbad objects: 10

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Number of rows : 10
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA 		ICRS (J2000)
DEC 		Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026 		#notes
1 NAME SMC G 00 52 38.0 -72 48 01   2.79 2.2     ~ 12317 1
2 NAME Tau-Aur Complex SFR 04 30 +25.0           ~ 1453 0
3 NAME LMC G 05 23 34.6 -69 45 22     0.4     ~ 19090 0
4 NGC 3310 AGN 10 38 45.85707 +53 30 11.8940   12.45 12.15     ~ 809 1
5 NGC 4038 EmG 12 01 53.002 -18 52 03.32   10.91   9.74 11.0 ~ 1364 1
6 NAME Antennae IG 12 01 53.170 -18 52 37.92           ~ 1749 0
7 NGC 4039 GiP 12 01 53.51 -18 53 10.3   11.08   9.77   ~ 1173 1
8 M 51 Sy2 13 29 52.698 +47 11 42.93   9.26 8.36 8.40   ~ 4565 4
9 M 101 GiP 14 03 12.583 +54 20 55.50   8.46 7.86 7.76   ~ 3138 2
10 NGC 6946 H2G 20 34 52.332 +60 09 13.24   10.5       ~ 2661 2

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