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Title: | Ultra-deep GEMINI Near-infrared Observations of the Bulge Globular Cluster NGC 6624 | Authors: | Saracino, S. Dalessandro, Emanuele Ferraro, F. R. Geisler, D. Mauro, F. Lanzoni, B. ORIGLIA, Livia Miocchi, P. Cohen, R. E. Villanova, S. Moni Bidin, C. |
Issue Date: | 2016 | Journal: | THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL | Number: | 832 | Issue: | 1 | First Page: | 48 | Abstract: | We used ultra-deep J and K <SUB> s </SUB> images secured with the near-infrared (NIR) GSAOI camera assisted by the multi-conjugate adaptive optics system GeMS at the GEMINI South Telescope in Chile, to obtain a (K <SUB> s </SUB>, J - K <SUB> s </SUB>) color-magnitude diagram (CMD) for the bulge globular cluster NGC 6624. We obtained the deepest and most accurate NIR CMD from the ground for this cluster, by reaching K <SUB> s </SUB> ∼ 21.5, approximately 8 mag below the horizontal branch level. The entire extension of the Main Sequence (MS) is nicely sampled and at K <SUB> s </SUB> ∼ 20 we detected the so-called MS “knee” in a purely NIR CMD. By taking advantage of the exquisite quality of the data, we estimated the absolute age of NGC 6624 (t <SUB>age</SUB> = 12.0 ± 0.5 Gyr), which turns out to be in good agreement with previous studies in the literature. We also analyzed the luminosity and mass functions of MS stars down to M ∼ 0.45 M<SUB>☉</SUB>, finding evidence of a significant increase of low-mass stars at increasing distances from the cluster center. This is a clear signature of mass segregation, confirming that NGC 6624 is in an advanced stage of dynamical evolution. <P />Based on observations obtained at the Gemini Observatory, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under a cooperative agreement with the NSF on behalf of the Gemini partnership: the National Science Foundation (United States), the National Research Council (Canada), CONICYT (Chile), the Australian Research Council (Australia), Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (Brazil) and Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva (Argentina). Based on observations gathered with ESO-VISTA telescope (program ID 179.B-2002). | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/26228 | URL: | https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/0004-637X/832/1/48 | ISSN: | 0004-637X | DOI: | 10.3847/0004-637X/832/1/48 | Bibcode ADS: | 2016ApJ...832...48S | Fulltext: | open |
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