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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 2015
We compute the expected spectral energy distribution of stellar populations of mass characteristi... more We compute the expected spectral energy distribution of stellar populations of mass characteristic of star clusters taking into account stochastic fluctuations in the number of stars populating the IMF, and the presence of interacting binary stars in the cluster population. We evaluate under what circumstances the UV excess phenomenon is expected to appear in star clusters of different mass, and which is its most likely source: the stochastic fluctuations, the result of binary interactions, or a mixture of both.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2013
We report results of a population synthesis model that follows the evolution of single and binary... more We report results of a population synthesis model that follows the evolution of single and binary stars. In this model, we include the two He white dwarfs merger channel, suggested by Han et al., for the formation of extreme horizontal branch (EHB) stars. The physical parameters of the resulting EHB stars are derived from the Bag of Stellar Tracks and Isochrones data base by Pietrinferni et al., and are thus realistic and observationally supported. The predictions of this model are in good agreement with traditional population synthesis models, except when the spectrum of the stellar population is dominated by binary stars or their products, e.g., EHB stars in the ultraviolet (UV) of early-type galaxies (ETGs). We reproduce successfully the observed colour-magnitude diagram and spectral energy distribution of the metal-rich open cluster NGC 6791. The stellar population in this cluster may be archetypal of the stellar population in ETGs that show the UV excess phenomenon. Our models should be appropriate to study the UV upturn in ETGs.
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 2015
We compute the expected spectral energy distribution of stellar populations of mass characteristi... more We compute the expected spectral energy distribution of stellar populations of mass characteristic of star clusters taking into account stochastic fluctuations in the number of stars populating the IMF, and the presence of interacting binary stars in the cluster population. We evaluate under what circumstances the UV excess phenomenon is expected to appear in star clusters of different mass, and which is its most likely source: the stochastic fluctuations, the result of binary interactions, or a mixture of both.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2013
We report results of a population synthesis model that follows the evolution of single and binary... more We report results of a population synthesis model that follows the evolution of single and binary stars. In this model, we include the two He white dwarfs merger channel, suggested by Han et al., for the formation of extreme horizontal branch (EHB) stars. The physical parameters of the resulting EHB stars are derived from the Bag of Stellar Tracks and Isochrones data base by Pietrinferni et al., and are thus realistic and observationally supported. The predictions of this model are in good agreement with traditional population synthesis models, except when the spectrum of the stellar population is dominated by binary stars or their products, e.g., EHB stars in the ultraviolet (UV) of early-type galaxies (ETGs). We reproduce successfully the observed colour-magnitude diagram and spectral energy distribution of the metal-rich open cluster NGC 6791. The stellar population in this cluster may be archetypal of the stellar population in ETGs that show the UV excess phenomenon. Our models should be appropriate to study the UV upturn in ETGs.