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The evolution of luminosity, colour and the mass-to-luminosity ratio of Galactic open clusters: comparison of discrete vs. continuous IMF models
A. E. Piskunov, N. V. Kharchenko, E. Schilbach +3
(abridged) We found in previous studies that standard Simple Stellar Population (SSP) models are unable to describe or explain the colours of Galactic open clusters both in the vis…
Weighing the Galactic dark matter halo: a lower mass limit from the fastest halo star known
Norbert Przybilla, Alfred Tillich, Ulrich Heber +1
The mass of the Galactic dark matter halo is under vivid discussion. A recent study by Xue et al. (2008, ApJ, 684, 1143) revised the Galactic halo mass downward by a factor of ~2 r…
Open clusters and the galactic disk
Siegfried Roeser, Nina V. Kharchenko, Anatoly E. Piskunov +3
It is textbook knowledge that open clusters are conspicuous members of the thin disk of our Galaxy, but their role as contributors to the stellar population of the disk was regarde…