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Article Dans Une Revue The Astrophysical Journal Année : 2015

Star Cluster Properties in Two LEGUS Galaxies Computed with Stochastic Stellar Population Synthesis Models

Mark R. Krumholz
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Angela Adamo
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Michele Fumagalli
Daniela Calzetti
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Janice C. Lee
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Bradley C. Whitmore
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Stacey N. Bright
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Kathryn Grasha
Dimitrios A. Gouliermis
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Hwihyun Kim
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Preethi Nair
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Jenna E. Ryon
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Linda J. Smith
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David Thilker
Leonardo Ubeda
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Erik Zackrisson
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Résumé

We investigate a novel Bayesian analysis method, based on the Stochastically Lighting Up Galaxies (slug) code, to derive the masses, ages, and extinctions of star clusters from integrated light photometry. Unlike many analysis methods, slug correctly accounts for incomplete initial mass function (IMF) sampling, and returns full posterior probability distributions rather than simply probability maxima. We apply our technique to 621 visually confirmed clusters in two nearby galaxies, NGC 628 and NGC 7793, that are part of the Legacy Extragalactic UV Survey (LEGUS). LEGUS provides Hubble Space Telescope photometry in the NUV, U, B, V, and I bands. We analyze the sensitivity of the derived cluster properties to choices of prior probability distribution, evolutionary tracks, IMF, metallicity, treatment of nebular emission, and extinction curve. We find that slug's results for individual clusters are insensitive to most of these choices, but that the posterior probability distributions we derive are often quite broad, and sometimes multi-peaked and quite sensitive to the choice of priors. In contrast, the properties of the cluster population as a whole are relatively robust against all of these choices. We also compare our results from slug to those derived with a conventional non-stochastic fitting code, Yggdrasil. We show that slug's stochastic models are generally a better fit to the observations than the deterministic ones used by Yggdrasil. However, the overall properties of the cluster populations recovered by both codes are qualitatively similar.

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insu-03644721 , version 1 (19-04-2022)

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Mark R. Krumholz, Angela Adamo, Michele Fumagalli, Aida Wofford, Daniela Calzetti, et al.. Star Cluster Properties in Two LEGUS Galaxies Computed with Stochastic Stellar Population Synthesis Models. The Astrophysical Journal, 2015, 812, ⟨10.1088/0004-637X/812/2/147⟩. ⟨insu-03644721⟩
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