The blue plume population in dwarf spheroidal galaxies: young stellar population or genuine blue stragglers?

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dc.creatorMomany, Y.
dc.creatorHeld, E. V.
dc.creatorSaviane, I.
dc.creatorZaggia, S.
dc.creatorRizzi, L.
dc.creatorGullieuszik, M.
dc.date2007-11-06
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T08:41:00Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T08:41:00Z
dc.descriptionIn the context of dwarf spheroidal galaxies it is hard to firmly disentangle a genuine Blue Stragglers (BSS) population from a normal young main (MS) sequence. This difficulty is persistent. For a sample of 9 non-star forming Local Group dwarf galaxies we compute the ``BSS frequency'' and compare it with that found in the Milky Way globular/open clusters and halo. The comparison shows that the BSS-frequency in dwarf galaxies, at any given Mv, is always higher than that in globular clusters of similar luminosities. Moreover, the estimated BSS-frequency for the lowest luminosity dwarf galaxies is in excellent agreement with that observed in the Milky Way halo and open clusters. We conclude that the low density, almost collision-less environment, of our dwarf galaxy sample point to their very low dynamical evolution and consequent negligible production of collisional BSS.
dc.description5 pages, 1 colour figure, contribution talk given at the Cefalu' 2007 Workshop "XXI Century Challenges for Stellar Evolution". To appear in Memorie della Societa' Astronomica Italiana, vol. 79/2, eds. S. Cassisi & M. Salaris
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0711.0891
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0711.0891
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/141545
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleThe blue plume population in dwarf spheroidal galaxies: young stellar population or genuine blue stragglers?
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