New horizons in globular cluster astronomy : proceedings of a conference held at Università di Padova, Padova, Italy, 24-28 June, 2002 / edited by Giampaolo Piotto ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Piotto, G. (Giampaolo)

Series:

Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series ; v. 296.

The Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series ; v. 296

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stars--Globular clusters--Congresses.

Stars.

Stars--Globular clusters.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xxx, 630 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, Calif. : Astronomical Society of the Pacific, [2003]

Contents:

A Life with the Globular Clusters

My Lucky Stars / I. R. King 3

Globular Clusters: a Partial Overview / G. Meylan 17

Part 2. Dynamical Evolution of Globular Clusters

Theory of Dynamical Evolution of Star Clusters / R. Spurzem, S. Deiters, J. Fiestas 45

Numerical Dynamics : an Overview and a Vision / S. McMillan 53

Hydrodynamical Simulations of Stellar Collisions: with a Focus on Blue Stragglers / M. B. Davies 61

Dynamical Models with Stellar Evolution and Binaries / J. R. Hurley, M. M. Shara, S. J. Aarseth, C. A. Tout, O. R. Pols 69

Collisions between Main-Sequence Stars of Various Masses / T. Adams, M. B. Davies, A. Sills, M. Bate 79

Hybrid Code - Direct Integration of Three- and Four-Body Interactions / M. Giersz, R. Spurzem 81

Evolutionary Time Scale in Two-Component Clusters / E. Khalisi 83

The Runaway Growth of Intermediate-Mass Black Holes in Dense Star Clusters / S. McMillan, S. Portegies Zwart 85

Ellipticals and Globular Clusters: Some Common Features / L. Secco 87

Part 3. Observational Dynamics of Globular Clusters

An HST Study of the Central Kinematics of M15 / J. Gerssen, R. P. van der Marel, K. Gebhardt, P. Guhathakurta, R. C. Peterson, C. Pryor 93

Fitting Dynamical Models to Observations / D. E. McLaughlin 101

Radial Velocities of Globular Cluster Stars / C. Pryor, B. Xie 117

Astrometry with HST: the Promise and the Perils / J. Anderson 125

Preliminary Results from VLT (FORS1) Photometry of NGC 6397 / G. Andreuzzi, V. Testa, G. Marconi, G. Alcaino, F. Alvarado, R. Buonanno 135

Dynamical Evolution of M92 Globular Cluster / M. R. de Oliveira, A. Fausti, H. Dottori, R. R. de Carvalho 137

Absolute Proper Motions of Globular Clusters in the Inner Halo and Bulge of the Milky Way / D. I. Dinescu, T. M. Girard, W. F. van Altena 139

Astrometry in the Core of NGC 6752 / G. A. Drukier, C. D. Bailyn, W. F. van Altena, T. M. Girard 141

The Radial Density Profile of NGC 6752 / F. R. Ferraro, A. Possenti, P. Lagani, E. Sabbi, N. D'Amico, R. T. Rood 143

Unveiling Black Holes Ejected from Globular Clusters / A. Gualandris, M. Colpi, A. Possenti 145

HST/WFPC2 Proper Motions in the Core of 47 Tucanae / D. E. McLaughlin, G. Meylan, J. Anderson, I. R. King, K. Gebhardt, C. Pryor 147

Surface Brightness Profiles of Galactic Globular Clusters / E. Noyola, K. Gebhardt 149

A Test of Newton's Law of Gravity in the Weak Acceleration Regime / R. Scarpa, G. Marconi, R. Gilmozzi 151

Velocity Dispersion in the Halo of [omega] Centauri: No Need for MOND Given the Present Data / D. E. McLaughlin, G. Meylan 153

The Galactic Orbit of the Globular Cluster M3 / Z. Y. Wu, J. J. Wang, L. Chen 155

Part 4. Stellar Evolution in Globular Clusters

Modern Stellar Evolution Models for Low Mass Stars / V. Castellani 159

Color

Magnitude Diagrams and Mass Functions of Globular Clusters down to the Hydrogen-Burning Limit / I. R. King 167

Spectroscopy of Main Sequence Stars in Globular Clusters / R. Cannon, G. Da Costa, J. Norris, L. Stanford, B. Croke 175

White Dwarfs in Globular Clusters

Progenitors, Successors and the Real Thing / S. Moehler 185

Mass Segregation in M22 / M. D. Albrow, G. De Marchi, K. C. Sahu 195

The Stellar Mass-Function of Globular Clusters / H. Baumgardt 197

Using M32 to Study Rapid Phases of Stellar Evolution / T. M. Brown, H. C. Ferguson 199

Mass Loss Predictions for Hot Horizontal Branch Stars / S. Cassisi, J. S. Vink 201

Theoretical Constraints on the Neutrino Magnetic Moment from the White Dwarf Cooling / V. Castellani, G. Coraggio, S. Degl'Innocenti, P. G. Prada Moroni 203

Theoretical Evolutionary Tools for the Magellanic Clouds / V. Castellani, S. Degl'Innocenti, M. Marconi, P. G. Prada Moroni, P. Sestito 205

Primordial or Dynamical Mass Segregation in Young LMC Clusters? / R. de Grijs, G. F. Gilmore, R. Johnson 207

Globular Clusters: Mass Function and Metallicity / G. De Marchi, L. Pulone, F. Paresce, S. Covino 209

NGC 1866: New Analysis from HST-WFPC2 Observations of the Inner Regions / E. Di Carlo, G. Raimondo, E. Brocato, V. Castellani, A. R. Walker 212

The Bologna Key Project on [omega] Cen / F. R. Ferraro, M. Bellazzini, L. Origlia, E. Pancino, A. Sollima 215

Red Giant Branch Stars as Probes of Stellar Populations: 2MASS Calibration and Application to 2MASS GC01 / V. D. Ivanov, J. Borissova 217

Models of Metal-Poor Stars with Gravitational Settling and Radiative Accelerations / G. Michaud, O. Richard, J. Richer, D. A. VandenBerg 220

Wide Field Photometry of Globular Clusters: the Case of M22 and M54 / L. Monaco, E. Pancino, F. R. Ferraro, M. Bellazzini 222

High Resolution IR Spectroscopy of Bulge Globular Clusters / L. Origlia, R. M. Rich 224

The Metal-Rich Population in [omega] Cen / E. Pancino, L. Origlia, F. R. Ferraro, M. Bellazzini, V. Hill, L. Pasquini 226

Self-Enrichment of Galactic Halo Globular Clusters / G. Parmentier, A. Noels, G. F. Gilmore 228

HST Color-Magnitude Diagrams of 74 Galactic Globular Clusters: the Snapshot Database / G. Piotto, F. De Angeli, M. Riello, A. Recio-Blanco, I. R. King, S. G. Djorgovski, M. Zoccali, A. Renzini, I. Saviane, C. Sosin, R. M. Rich, G. Meylan 230

The Red Giant Branch Bump / M. Riello, G. Piotto, A. Recio-Blanco, S. Cassisi, M. Salaris 232

UVES Abundances of Stars in Nearby Galaxies: How Good Are Theoretical Isochrones? / E. Tolstoy 234

FUSE Observations of the Post-AGB Star ZNG 1 in the Globular Cluster M5 (NGC 5904) / W. Van Dyke Dixon, T. M. Brown, W. B. Landsman 236

The BaSel 3.1 Stellar SED Library: an Ideal Tool for Globular Cluster Studies / P. Westera, R. Buser 238

The Y[superscript 2] Isochrones / S. Yi, P. Demarque, Y. C. Kim 240

Part 5. Interplay of Stellar Evolution and Stellar Dynamics

Binary Evolution and Neutron Stars in Globular Clusters / F. Verbunt 245

Recent Breakthroughs in Detecting Neutron Star Binaries in Globular Clusters / P. Edmonds 255

Hot Stellar Populations in Globular Clusters: a Photometrist's View / G. Piotto 263

Rotation and Abundance Anomalies in Blue Horizontal

Branch Stars / B. Behr 275

Section B. Contributed Papers

Gravitational Radiation from Globular Cluster Binaries / M. Benacquista 285

Radial Distribution of Red Giant Branch Stars of Galactic Globular Clusters in 2MASS Database / J. Borissova, V. D. Ivanov 287

On the Oosterhoff Classification of the Unusual, Metal-Rich Globular Cluster NGC 6388 and NGC 6441 / M. Catelan, A. V. Sweigart, B. J. Pritzl, H. A. Smith 289

Is NGC 6752 Hiding a Double Black Hole Binary in its Core? / M. Colpi, A. Gualandris, A. Possenti 291

Is the Helium Variation Due to Self-Pollution Responsible for the Appearence of Blue Tails in the Horizontal Branch? / F. D'Antona, V. Caloi, J. Montalban, P. Ventura, R. Gratton 293

Statistical Study of the Blue Straggler Properties in Galactic Globular Clusters / F. De Angeli, G. Piotto 296

The X-Ray Sources of Omega Centauri / B. Gendre, N. A. Webb, D. Barret 298

The Radial Distribution of Millisecond Pulsars in 47 Tuc / M. A. Gurkan, F. A. Rasio 300

Some Clues on the Tilt of the Horizontal Branches in Metal-Rich Clusters / G. Raimondo, V. Castellani, S. Cassisi, E. Brocato, G. Piotto 302

Rotation of Hot Horizontal Branch Stars in Galactic Globular Clusters / A. Recio-Blanco, G. Piotto, A. Aparicio, A. Renzini 305

First Wailings from a New-Borm MSP in NGC 6397? / E. Sabbi, F. R. Ferraro, A. Possenti, N. D'Amico 307

Radial Velocity Observations and Radius Determination of Pulsating Stars in Globular Cluster M5 / M. E. Sachkov, A. S. Rastorguev 309

Statistical Investigation of Apparent Distributions of Different Population RGB Stars in [omega] Cen / A. F. Seleznev, E. Pancino, G. Piotto, F. R. Ferraro, M. Bellazzini 311

A New Formation Mechanism for the Hottest Horizontal-Branch Stars / A. V. Sweigart, T. M. Brown, T. Lanz, W. B. Landsman, I. Hubeny 313

Accretion of Gas by Globular Cluster Stars / A. Thoul, E. Jehin, P. Magain, A. Noels, G. Parmentier, A. Jorissen, S.

Goriely 315

XMM-Newton Observations and Optical Photometry of the Globular Cluster M22 (NGC 6656) / N. A. Webb, B. Gendre, D. Barret 317

Part 6. Ages, Distances, and the Gc

Halo Connection

Abundance Anomalies in Globular Clusters / R. Gratton 321

Globular Cluster Distances / C. Cacciari 329

Globular Cluster Ages: Absolute and Relative / F. Grundahl 337

Multi

Wavelength Observations of Stellar Populations in Galactic Globular Clusters / F. R. Ferraro 345

The Distance to NGC 6822 from its RR Lyrae's / L. Baldacci, L. Rizzi, G. Clementini, E. V. Held, Y. Momany, L. Di Fabrizio, I. Saviane 355

VLT-UVES Spectroscopy of the Subgiant I-24 of the Bulge Globular Cluster NGC 6528 in Baade's Window / B. Barbuy, C. Dutra, V. Hill, S. Ortolani, Y. Momany, E. Bica, A. Renzini, M. Zoccali, L. Pasquini, D. Minniti, R. M. Rich 358

Accurate Internal Proper Motions of Globular Clusters / L. R. Bedin, G. Piotto, J. Anderson, I. R. King 360

Search for Variables in the Globular Cluster M56 / J. M. Benko 364

Lithium in NGC 6397: Evidence for a Primordial Origin / P. Bonifacio, L. Pasquini, F. Spite, A. Bragaglia, E. Carretta, V. Castellani, M. Centurion, A. Chieffi, G. Clementini, F. D'Antona, S. Desidera, P. Francois, R. Gratton, F. Grundahl, G. James, S. Lucatello, C. Sneden, O. Straniero 367

Surface Brightness Fluctuations: a Theoretical Point of View / M. Cantiello, G. Raimondo, E. Brocato, M. Capaccioli 369

Global Metallicity of Globular Cluster Stars from Color-Magnitude Diagrams / S. Cassisi, F. Caputo 372

Pulsational Constraints to the Distance to Globular Clusters / M. Di Criscenzio, M. Marconi, F. Caputo 374

Stellar Abundances in Giant Stars in the Metal-Rich Globular Cluster NGC 6528 / S. Feltzing, F. Primas, R. Johnson 377

Anomalous Cepheids: Pulsation Models and Comparison with Observations / G. Fiorentino, M. Marconi, F. Caputo 379

New Determination of the Distances to NGC 6397, NGC 6752 and 47 Tuc Based on Main Sequence Fitting / R. Gratton, E. Carretta, A. Bragaglia, G. Clementini, F. Grundahl 381

Magnesium Isotope Ratios in NGC 6752 Red Giant Stars / F. Grundahl, P. E. Nissen, D. Yong, D. L. Lambert, M. Briley 383

Heavy Elements Abundances in Turn-off Stars and Early Subgiants in NGC 6752 / G. James, P. Francois 385

Metallicity Spread in M3 / J. Jurcsik 387

Multiwavelength Time Series Data of the LMC Cluster Reticulum / M. Monelli, G. Andreuzzi, G. Bono, R. Buonanno, F. Caputo, M. Castellani, V. Castellani, C. E. Corsi, M. Dall'Ora, G. Marconi, L. Pulone, V. Ripepi, J. Storm, V. Testa 388

A New Survey of Variability in the Core of M15 with TRIFFID-2 / S. O Tuairisg, R. Butler, A. Shearer, M. Redfern, D. Butler 391

A Photometric Method for Estimating CNO Abundances in Globular Clusters / D. Peat, R. Butler 393

Resolving the 47 Tucanae Distance Problem / S. Percival, M. Salaris, F. van Wyk, D. Kilkenny 395

Pulsational Properties of Cluster RR Lyrae Stars / S. Petroni, G. Bono, V. Castellani 397

Horizontal-Branch Morphology as an Age Indicator / S. -C. Rey, Y. -W. Lee, S. -J. Yoon, Y. -J. Sohn, B. Chaboyer, A. Sarajedini 400

The Relative Ages of LMC Old Clusters and the Case of NGC 1841 / I. Saviane, A. Rosenberg, A. Aparicio, G. Piotto 402

RR Lyrae Stars in the Globular Cluster NGC 6304 / E. Valenti, M. Bellazzini, C. Cacciari 404

The Age of M3 / E. Wenger, R. Buser 406

Part 7. Formation and Disruption of Globular Clusters

Formation of the Galactic Halo / O. Gerhard 411

Globular Cluster Formation / R. Pudritz, M. L. Weil 419

Formation and Dynamical Evolution of Star Cluster Systems / S. M. Fall, Q. Zhang 429

Signatures of Disruption Around Globular Clusters / K. Johnston 439

Tidal Disruption and Globular Clusters: Observational View / S. Majewski 447

The Formation of Globular Cluster Systems / P. Cote 457

Formation of Globular Clusters in Merging Galaxies / F. Schweizer 467

Correlations of Globular Cluster Properties: Their Interpretations and Uses / S. G. Djorgovski, P. Cote, G. Meylan, S. Castro, L. Federici, G. Parmeggiani, C. Cacciari, F. Fusi Pecci, R. M. Rich, T. Jou 479

Globular Clusters in the Sgr dSph Stream / M. Bellazzini, F. R. Ferraro, R. A. Ibata 491

The Formation of Metal-Poor Globular Clusters in the Inner Halo / J. -W. Lee, B. W. Carney 493

On the Origin of [omega] Centauri and Other Massive Globular Clusters / Y. -W. Lee, S. -C. Rey, S. -J. Yoon, C. H. Ree, Y. -J. Sohn, J. -M. Joo 495

Dynamical Evolution of Globular Clusters in the Magellanic Clouds and Other Local Systems / A. D. Mackey, G. F. Gilmore 497

Remnants of the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy Around the Young Globular Cluster Palomar 12 / D. Martinez-Delgado, R. Carrera, C. Gallart, R. Zinn 499

Palomar 5 and its Tidal Tails: New Observational Results / M. Odenkirchen, E. K. Grebel, W. Dehnen, H. W. Rix, C. M. Rockosi, H. Newberg, B. Yanny 501

Can We Know How Globular Clusters Form? / J. Perez, F. Roy 503

Cluster Formation in the LMC / A. Vallenari, A. Moretti, E. Held, L. Rizzi, D. Bettoni 507

Dynamical Evolution of the M87 Globular Cluster System / E. Vesperini, S. E. Zepf, A. Kundu, K. M. Ashman 509

An Extensive Study of the Effects of Dynamical Friction on the Orbits of Globular Clusters / A. Vicari, R. Capuzzo-Dolcetta 511

An Aligned Stream of the Most Metal-Poor Globular Clusters in the Halo of the Milky Way / S. -J. Yoon, Y. -W. Lee 513

Part 8. Globular Cluster Systems

Observational Properties of Extragalactic Globular Cluster Systems / D. Forbes 517

Globular Clusters in the Magellanic Clouds / C. Chiosi 525

The M31 Globular Cluster System / R. M. Rich 533

Globular Clusters and Dwarf Galaxies / G. S. Da Costa 545

A New Class of Star Clusters in Lenticular Galaxies / J. P. Brodie, S. S. Larsen 555

Variable Stars in M31's Globular Clusters / D. R. Alves, A. Bergier, A. Crotts, P. Cseresnjes 565

Analysing Multi-Color Observations of Young Star Clusters in Mergers / P. Anders, U. Fritze-v. Alvensleben, R. de Grijs 567

Age and Metallicity of Three LMC Globular Clusters / G. Bertelli, E. Nasi, L. Girardi, C. Chiosi, M. Zoccali, C. Gallart 569

N-Body Simulations of Globular Cluster-like Systems / P. Di Matteo, P. Miocchi, R. Capuzzo-Dolcetta 572

Stellar Substructure in the Halo and Outer Disk of M31 / A. M. N. Ferguson, M. J. Irwin, R. A. Ibata, G. F. Lewis, N. R. Tanvir 574

Globular Cluster Populations: Signatures and Implications / U. Fritze-v. Alvensleben, R. de Grijs 576

Near-IR Surface Brightness Fluctuations of Magellanic Globular Clusters / R. A. Gonzalez, M. C. Liu, G. A. Bruzual, A. Marin-Franch 578

Extragalactic Globular Clusters in the Near Infrared: Revealing Intermediate Age Populations in Early-Type Galaxies / M. Hempel, M. Kissler-Patig, M. Hilker, T. H. Puzia, J. P. Brodie, P. Goudfrooij, D. Minniti, S. E. Zepf 580

Globular Clusters in the Central Region of Nearby Galaxy Clusters / M. Hilker 583

Comparing the Old Stellar Population in Globulars and Dwarf Galaxies: the Cases of Phoenix and Leo A / U. Hopp, L. Greggio 585

Stellar Populations in Globular Clusters and Dwarf Galaxies / C. Ikuta, N. Arimoto 587

The Ages of Globular Clusters in M87 from Stromgren Photometry / A. Jordan, P. Cote, M. J. West, R. O. Marzke 589

Do Intergalactic Globular Clusters Exist in A-1656 (Coma)? / A. Marin-Franch, A. Aparicio 591

Spectroscopy of Globular Clusters in M104 / A. Moretti, E. V. Held, L. Federici, C. Cacciari, L. Rizzi, V. Testa 593

Chemical Evolution of the M82 B Fossil Starburst / G. Parmentier, R. de Grijs, G. F. Gilmore 596

Ultra-Compact Dwarfs: a Missing Link Between Galaxies and Globular Clusters? / S. Phillipps, M. J. Drinkwater, H. C. Ferguson, M. D. Gregg, M. Hilker, J. B. Jones 598

Part 9. Future and Summary

Future Opportunities for Globular Cluster Astronomy at Ground Based Facilities / A. Renzini 603

Future Prospects: Merging Data with Models / G. Gilmore 609.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1583811435

OCLC:

54022703