Radial distribution of RGB stars in the Globular Clusters with multiple stellar populations

  • Lim, Dongwook (Center for Galaxy Evolution Research & Department of Astronomy, Yonsei University) ;
  • Lee, Young-Wook (Center for Galaxy Evolution Research & Department of Astronomy, Yonsei University) ;
  • Han, Sang-Il (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
  • Roh, Dong-Goo (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
  • Published : 2016.04.12

Abstract

Most globular clusters are now known to have two or more stellar populations with different chemical properties. In order to understand the origin and evolution of multiple stellar populations in these globular clusters, it is necessary to study not only the chemical property, but also the dynamical property. In our previous works (Lim et al. 2015; Han et al. 2015), we have shown that Ca narrow-band photometry can be combined with low-resolution spectroscopy to effectively study the chemical properties of globular clusters. In this talk, we will show our observations are also useful to study the radial distribution of stars in globular clusters with multiple stellar populations, and report our preliminary results.

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