The HST survey of Magellanic-Cloud clusters and of their stellar populations

A. P. Milone*

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    Abstract

    A large number of intermediate-Age (∼1-2-Gyr old) globular clusters (GCs) in the Large and the Small Magellanic Cloud (MC) exhibit either bimodal or extended main-sequence (MS) turn off and dual red clump (RC). Moreover, recent papers have shown that the MS of the young clusters NGC 1844 and NGC 1856 is either broadened or split. These features of the color-magnitude diagram (CMD) are not consistent with a single isochrone and suggest that star clusters in MCs have experienced a prolonged star formation, in close analogy with Milky-Way GCs with multiple stellar populations. As an alternative, stellar rotation or interacting binaries can be responsible of the CMD morphology. In the following I will summarize the observational scenario and provide constraints on the nature of the complex CMD of young and intermediate-Age MC clusters from our ongoing photometric survey with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST).

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)275-280
    Number of pages6
    JournalProceedings of the International Astronomical Union
    Volume12
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2015

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