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Extending the [C/N]–Age Calibration: Using Globular Clusters to Explore Older and Metal-poor Populations

  • Authors: Taylor Spoo, Katelyn Thomas, Ellie Kaleo Toguchi-Tani, Jonah Otto, Natalie Myers, Jamie Tayar, Jessica S. Schonhut-Stasik, Matthew Shetrone, Alessa Ibrahim Wiggins, John Donor, Peter M. Frinchaboy

Taylor Spoo et al 2025 The Astronomical Journal 170 .

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Caption: Figure 7.

﹩{\rm{\Delta }}\mathrm{log}\,(\mathrm{Age})﹩ as a function of APOKASC3 log (age) (top) and [C/N]-based log (age) (bottom). The gray gradient shaded regions represent bins of field stars; darker bins imply more stars. The green circles, blue triangles, and red diamonds represent cluster member stars common to samples NGC 6791, NGC 6819, and NGC 6811, respectively. The vertical dashed lines are the T. Cantat-Gaudin et al. (2020)–determined ages for each cluster, and the respective shaded regions show the error in cluster age. The horizontal gray dashed line is where ﹩{\rm{\Delta }}\mathrm{log}\,(\mathrm{Age})=0﹩ with the surrounding gray region representing a delta of −0.1 and + 0.1. The vertical gray dotted line shows the currently accepted age of the Universe (13.8 ± 0.05 Gyr; Planck Collaboration et al. 2020; DESI Collaboration et al. 2024a; DESI Collaboration et al. 2024b). Median representative error bars are shown in each panel. Cluster members older than the Universe, highlighted with an orange diamond, were found to be rapidly rotating (R. A. Patton et al. 2024), and those highlighted with a purple square were found to be in a binary system (A. M. Price-Whelan et al. 2020).

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