PoW for Oct. 12 :: M3, NGC6752, binaries…

Hello, welcome to another issue of “Papers of the Week”,
covering publications and preprint related to the world of (Galactic) Globular Clusters!

The Gclusters database is under “heavy” developement at the time writing, so the bibliography is NOT updated in the database, but only in this blog,  for the moment. In a short time I should reach a working new configuration (meanwhile…,if you’re experienced with PHP/Mysql and have some spare time.. well, let me know!)

Marco C.
(Email: m.castellani [at] gmail.com)

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§ Modeling of RR Lyrae light curves: the case of M3
Authors: M. Marconi and S. Degl’Innocenti
http://tinyurl.com/3aguuo

§ Spectroscopy of horizontal branch stars in NGC 6752
Authors: C. Moni et al.
http://tinyurl.com/2o5luv

§  White dwarf atmosphere models with Ly-alpha opacity in the analysis of the white dwarf cooling sequence of NGC 6397
Author: P. M. Kowalski
http://tinyurl.com/3d36bd

§ Globular Star Clusters in Sombrero Galaxy
Authors: Chandar, Fall, & McLaughlin
http://tinyurl.com/2tzuhh

§ Integrated properties of mass segregated star clusters
Authors: E. Gaburov, M. Gieles
http://babbage.sissa.it/abs/0710.1473

§ Observational evidence for the origin of X-ray sources in globular clusters
Authors: Frank Verbunt, Dave Pooley, Cees Bassa
http://babbage.sissa.it/abs/0710.1804

§ Sizes of Confirmed Globular Clusters in NGC 5128: A Wide-Field High-Resolution Study
Authors: M. Gomez, K.A. Woodley
http://babbage.sissa.it/abs/0710.1778

§ Binaries and the dynamical mass of star clusters
M.B.N. Kouwenhoven, R. de Grijs
http://babbage.sissa.it/abs/0710.1207

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PoW for Oct. 5 :: GCs in NGC5866, Horizontal Branches…

Hello, welcome to another issue of “Papers of the Week”, covering publications and preprint related to the world of (mostly) Galactic Globular Clusters.

Topics of this issue, range from extragalactic systems (NGC 5866) to expected planets in GCs, including also a bit of (extreme!) Horizontal Branches stars… Happy reading ! 😉

MC

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§ N-body simulations of star clusters
Authors: Peter Anders, Henny J.G.L.M. Lamers, Holger Baumgardt
http://babbage.sissa.it/abs/0710.0795

§ Expected planets in globular clusters
Authors: Noam Soker, Alon Hershenhorn
Link

§ The presence of intermediate-mass black holes in globular clusters and their connection with extreme horizontal branch stars
Author: P. Miocchi
Link

§ The Globular Cluster System in NGC 5866: Optical Observations from Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys
Authors: Michele Cantiello, John P. Blakeslee and Gabriella Raimondo
Link

§ A Search for EHB Pulsators in the Globular Cluster NGC 6752
Authors: M. Catelan et al.
http://babbage.sissa.it/abs/0710.0600

§ The Spatial Distributions of Red and Blue Globular Clusters in Major Dry Merger Remnants
Authors: Min-Su Shin, Daisuke Kawata
http://babbage.sissa.it/abs/0710.0182

§ Multiple stellar populations in Globular Clusters: collection of information from the Horizontal Branch
Authors: F. D’Antona, V. Caloi
http://babbage.sissa.it/abs/0709.4601

PoW for Sept. 28 :: FSR584, abundances, compact objects…

Hello, welcome to another issue of “Papers of the Week”, covering publications and preprint related to the world of Galactic Globular Clusters!

This issue features the entry (as a preprint on astro-ph) of the discover of *another* globular clusters in our Galaxy, FSR584 (see the paper by Bica et al.), as well as a good amount of publications on abundances, variability and compatc objects.

As always, any feedback on PoW will be much appreciated 😉

MC

== General ==

§ Origin of the abundance patterns in Galactic globular clusters: constraints on dynamical and chemical properties of globular clusters
Authors: T. Decressin, C. Charbonnel, G. Meynet
http://babbage.sissa.it/abs/0709.4160

§ Compact objects in globular clusters
Authors: Thomas J. Maccarone, Christian Knigge (University of Southampton)
http://babbage.sissa.it/abs/0709.3732

§ Formation of the Galactic globular clusters with He-rich stars in low-mass halos virialized at high redshift
Authors: K. Bekki, H. Yahagi, M. Nagashima, D. A. Forbes
http://babbage.sissa.it/abs/0709.3564

== Individual ==

§ On the Radial Distribution of White Dwarfs in the Globular Cluster NGC 6397
Authors: D. S. Davis (UBC), H. B. Richer (UBC), I. R. King (UWash), J. Anderson (Rice), J. Coffey (UBC), G. G. Fahlman (HIA/NRC), J. Hurley (Swinburne), J. S. Kalirai (UCSC)
http://babbage.sissa.it/abs/0709.4286

§ The ACS Survey of Galactic Globular Clusters. III. The Double Subgiant Branch of NGC 1851
Authors: A. P. Milone, L. R. Bedin, G. Piotto, J. Anderson, I. R. King, A. Sarajedini, A. Dotter, B. Chaboyer, A. Marin-Franch, S. Majewski, A. Aparicio, M. Hempel, N. E. Q. Paust, I. N. Reid, A. Rosenberg, M. Siegel
http://babbage.sissa.it/abs/0709.3762

§ Abundances on the Main Sequence of Omega Centauri
Laura M. Stanford , G. S. Da Costa , and John E. Norris
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/…/71221.abstract.html

§ FSR584 – a new globular cluster in the Galaxy?
Authors: E. Bica, C. Bonatto, S. Ortolani, B. Barbuy
http://babbage.sissa.it/abs/0709.3315

§ The chemical abundance of the very metal-rich old open clusters NGC 6253 and NGC 6791
E. Carretta, A. Bragaglia, and R. G. Gratton
http://www.aanda.org/index.php?option=article&access=doi&doi=10.1051/0004-6361:20065213

== Extragalactic ==

§ The Globular Cluster System of M60 (NGC 4649). I. CFHT MOS Spectroscopy and Database
Authors: Myung Gyoon Lee, Ho Seong Hwang, Hong Soo Park, Jang-Hyun Park , Sang Chul Kim, Young-Jong Sohn, Sang-Gak Lee, Soo-Chang Rey, Young-Wook Lee, Ho-Il Kim
http://babbage.sissa.it/abs/0709.4308

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FSR 584: Another new nearby globular cluster candidate

Bica et.al. have announced another nearby globular cluster candidate in the Milky Way:

http://arxiv.org/abs/0709.3315

Author: E. Bica, C. Bonatto, S. Ortolani, B. Barbuy
Title: FSR584 – a new globular cluster in the Galaxy?
Comments: Astronomy and Astrophysics, accepted. 6 pages and 6 figures

Abstract: We investigate the nature of the recently catalogued star cluster candidate FSR584, which is projected in the direction of the molecular cloud W3 and may be the nearest globular cluster to the Sun. 2MASS CMDs, the stellar radial density profile, and proper motions are employed to derive fundamental and structural parameters. The CMD morphology and the radial density profile show that FSR584 is an old star cluster. With proper motions, the properties of FSR584 are consistent with a metal-poor globular cluster with a well-defined turnoff and evidence of a blue horizontal-branch. FSR584 might be a Palomar-like halo globular cluster that is moving towards the Galactic plane. The distance from the Sun is approx 1.4kpc, and it is located at approx 1kpc outside the Solar circle. The radial density profile is characterized by a core radius of rc=0.3+/-0.1 pc. However, we cannot exclude the possibility of an old open cluster. Near-infrared photometry coupled to proper motions support the scenario where FSR584 is a new globular cluster in the Galaxy. The absorption is A_V=9.2+/-0.6$, which makes it a limiting object in the optical and explains why it has so far been overlooked

This one is apparently projected over starforming region W3, and at a distance of only 1.4 kpc (4,600 ly). It would probably even beat the recently discovered record holder, FSR 1767. However, as of this time, the authors cannot exclude that this may be an old open cluster.

A preliminary webpage for this probable globular has been created at

http://www.seds.org/~spider/spider/MWGC/fsr0584.html

PoW for Sept. 21 :: Omega Cen, WD kicks…

Hello, welcome to the third issue of “Paper of the week”,covering publications and preprint
related to the world of Galactic Globular Clusters. This week I managed to find only a few preprints related to GGCs, and as you can see, it is Omega Centaury that continues to attract mostly the attenction of astronomers…

As always, any feedback on PoW will be much appreciated 😉

MC

== General ==

§ “RR Lyrae stars in Galactic globular clusters. VI. The Period-Amplitude relation”
Authors: G. Bono, F. Caputo, M. Di Criscienzo
http://babbage.sissa.it/abs/0709.3177

§ Constraining white-dwarf kicks in globular clusters : II. Observational Significance
Authors: Jeremy S. Heyl
http://babbage.sissa.it/abs/0709.3118

== Omega Centauri ==

§ “A spectral atlas of post-main-sequence stars in omega Centauri:
kinematics, evolution, enrichment and interstellar medium”
(Revised version)
Authors: Jacco Th. van Loon, Floor van Leeuwen, Barry Smalley, Andrew W. Smith, Nicola A. Lyons,
Iain McDonald, Martha L. Boyer
http://babbage.sissa.it/abs/0709.2353

§ “The Hottest Horizontal-Branch Stars in omega Centauri –
Late Hot Flasher vs. Helium Enrichment”
Authors: S. Moehler, S. Dreizler, T. Lanz, G. Bono, A.V. Sweigar, A. Calamida, M.Monelli, M. Nonino
http://babbage.sissa.it/abs/0709.2839

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PoW for Sept. 14 :: M55, 47 Tuc, NGC 2419…

Hello, this is the second (experimental) issue of “Paper Of the Week” (PoW), covering publications and preprint related to the world of Galactic Globular Clusters:

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PoW for Sept. 14, 2007

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— Extragalactic, LMC

Title: On the origin of the kinematical differences between the stellar halo and the old globular cluster system in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Authors: Kenji Bekki

Montly Notices, Online Early Article

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— M55, BSS

Title: The surprising external upturn of the Blue Straggler radial distribution in M55

Authors: B. Lanzoni , E. Dalessandro , S. Perina , F.R. Ferraro , R.T. Rood , A. Sollima

http://babbage.sissa.it/abs/0709.1609

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— 47 Tuc, abundances Title: Globular Cluster Abundances from High-Resolution Integrated Light Spectra, I: 47 Tuc
Authors: Andrew McWilliam, Rebecca A. Bernstein

 http://babbage.sissa.it/abs/0709.1964

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— M54, Sagittarius DSphTitle: The ACS Survey of Galactic Globular Clusters: M54 and Young Populations in the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy
Authors : Michael H. Siegel et al.
The Astrophysical Journal Letters Volume 667, Number 1

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— NGC2419

Title: On the Remote Galactic Globular Cluster NGC 2419
Authors: Vincenzo Ripepi et al.
The Astrophysical Journal Letters Volume 667, Number 1 The surface brightness profile of the remote cluster NGC2419:
M. Bellazzini
A&A 473 (2007) 171-176
http://www.aanda.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20078130

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— NGC 6253The chemical abundance of the very metal-rich old open clusters NGC 6253 and NGC 6791:
E. Carretta, A. Bragaglia and R. G. Gratton
A&A 473 (2007) 129-141
http://www.aanda.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065213

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As usual, my apologize for article I may have missed!
Do you think PoW can be useful ? Any feedback will be appreciated ! 😉
Marco C.

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