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The mass function of NGC288

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A. Pasquali (ESO/ST-Ecf), M.S. Brigas (ESO/ST-Ecf/Cagliari), G. De Marchi (ESO/ESA/Stsci)

Astrophysics · Submitted 23 Aug 2000

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The authors' main claim This result is fully consistent with the global mass function derived by Paresce & De Marchi (2000) for a sample of 12 globular clusters with very different dynamical histories, thus confirming that near the cluster's half-light radius the mass function appears ``undistorted'' by evaporation or tidal interactions with the Galaxy and should then reflect the initial mass function.

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CitationA. Pasquali (ESO/ST-Ecf), G. De Marchi (ESO/ESA/Stsci), M.S. Brigas (ESO/ST-Ecf/Cagliari). "The mass function of NGC288." arXiv:astro-ph/0008373 (2000). https://pith.science/paper/W6THBF2Q
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We present NICMOS NIC3 observations of the Galactic globular cluster NGC 288, taken South - East at 2.4 times the cluster's half-light radius in the J and H bands. We have detected the cluster main sequence down to J~25 and H~24. The corresponding luminosity function covers the range 3<M_H<9 and peaks at M_H~6.8. The theoretical tracks of Baraffe et al. (1997) at [Fe/H]=-1.3 give a mass function which is best fitted by a log-normal distribution with characteristic mass m_c=0.42 Msolar and a standard deviation sigma=0.35. This result is fully consistent with the global mass function derived by Paresce & De Marchi (2000) for a sample of 12 globular clusters with very different dynamical histories, thus confirming that near the cluster's half-light radius the mass function appears ``undistorted'' by evaporation or tidal interactions with the Galaxy and should then reflect the initial mass function.

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s0 We present NICMOS NIC3 observations of the Galactic globular cluster NGC 288, taken South - East at 2.4 times the cluster's half-light radius in the J and H bands. method 0.80 0.97 0.02 asserted 0.99
s1 We have detected the cluster main sequence down to J~25 and H~24. result 0.99 0.97 0.03 asserted 1.00
s2 The corresponding luminosity function covers the range 3<M_H<9 and peaks at M_H~6.8. result 1.00 0.91 0.05 asserted 1.00
s3 The theoretical tracks of Baraffe et al. (1997) at [Fe/H]=-1.3 give a mass function which is best fitted by a log-normal distribution with characteristic mass m_c=0.42 Msolar and a standard deviation sigma=0.35. result 1.00 0.77 0.34 asserted 0.97
s4 This result is fully consistent with the global mass function derived by Paresce & De Marchi (2000) for a sample of 12 globular clusters with very different dynamical histories, thus confirming that near the cluster's half-light radius the mass function appears ``undistorted'' by evaporation or tidal interactions with the Galaxy and should then reflect the initial mass function. interpretation 1.00 0.28 0.75 asserted 0.53

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We present NICMOS NIC3 observations of the Galactic globular cluster NGC 288, taken South - East at 2.4 times the cluster's half-light radius in the J and H bands. We have detected the cluster main sequence down to J~25 and H~24. The corresponding luminosity function covers the range 3<M_H<9 and peaks at M_H~6.8. The theoretical tracks of Baraffe et al. (1997) at [Fe/H]=-1.3 give a mass function which is best fitted by a log-normal distribution with characteristic mass m_c=0.42 Msolar and a standard deviation sigma=0.35. This result is fully consistent with the global mass function derived by Paresce & De Marchi (2000) for a sample of 12 globular clusters with very different dynamical histories, thus confirming that near the cluster's half-light radius the mass function appears ``undistorted'' by evaporation or tidal interactions with the Galaxy and should then reflect the initial mass function.

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