Red giants in open clusters. IX. NGC 2324, 2818, 3960 and 6259

• Autores: Mermilliod, J.-C.; Claria Olmedo, Juan Jose; Andersen, J.; Piatti, Andres Eduardo; Mayor, M.
• Año de publicación: 2001
• Idioma: inglés
• Tipo de recurso: artículo
• Materia: BINARY: SPECTROSCOPIC; CLUSTER: OPEN; INDIVIDUAL: NGC 2324, NGC 2818, NGC 3960, NGC 6259; STAR: EVOLUTION; STAR: RED GIANT
• Institución: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

We present accurate radial velocities and photoelectric UBV photometry for 73 and 57 red-giant candidates, respectively, in the intermediate-age open clusters NGC 2324, 2818, 3960 and 6259. These data confirm the membership of 47 stars, 12 of which (26%) are spectroscopic binaries; three preliminary orbits have been determined in NGC 3960. From Washington photometry of 8 red giant members, the metallicity of NGC 6259 is found to be [Fe/H] = 0.06 ± 0.08. At the age of these clusters, most of the red giants are observed in the core-helium (clump) burning phase, the general morphology of which is well reproduced by theoretical models with convective overshooting. However, a number of bona fide cluster giant members are found significantly to the red of the isochrones fitting the rest of the CMD of these and a few other clusters. Some of these stars are binaries, but others seem to be single. In either case, their red colours and/or low luminosities remain unexplained by current stellar evolution theory.
Fil: Mermilliod, J.-C.. Universite de Lausanne; Suiza
Fil: Claria Olmedo, Juan Jose. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba; Argentina
Fil: Andersen, J.. Universite de Lausanne; Suiza
Fil: Piatti, Andres Eduardo. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba; Argentina
Fil: Mayor, M.. Universite de Lausanne; Suiza