Near-IR age-dating of red supergiant-dominated stellar populations

Ariane Lançon; Jay S. Gallagher; Moustapha Mouhcine; Linda J. Smith; Djazia Ladjal; Richard De Grijs

doi:10.1007/s10509-009-0113-8

Near-IR age-dating of red supergiant-dominated stellar populations

Ariane Lançon^*, Jay S. Gallagher, Moustapha Mouhcine, Linda J. Smith, Djazia Ladjal, Richard De Grijs

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We present new spectral synthesis models for solar metallicity stellar populations, based on a library of stellar spectra that extends across near-IR wavelengths out to 2.4 μm at a resolution approaching 1000. We show that the spectra of massive star clusters in the starburst galaxy M 82 can be reproduced very well with these models. We compare near-IR spectroscopic ages with optical ages, and dis- cuss the main sources of (systematic) errors that still affect those ages.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	241-245
Number of pages	5
Journal	Astrophysics and Space Science
Volume	324
Issue number	2-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10509-009-0113-8
Publication status	Published - Nov 2009
Externally published	Yes

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star clusters
starburst galaxies
spectral synthesis
near-infrared spectra
red supergiants

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Near-IR age-dating of red supergiant-dominated stellar populations

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