The observational properties of globular cluster systems (GCSs) are vital tools to investigate the violent star formation histories of their host galaxies. This violence is thought to have been triggered by galaxy interactions or mergers. The most basic pr
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Figure1.Timeevolutionofthegaseousemissioncontributiontobroad-band uxesinJohnsonpassbandsU,B,V,I,andKatlowmetallicityZ=0.0004(leftpanel)andsolarmetallicity(rightpanel).
1.1.ResultsforArtificialClusters
Weconstructed vearti cialclusterswithknownproperties,i.e.,solarmetallicity,extinctionE(B V)=0.1,agesof8,60,and200Myr,and1and10Gyr.TheSEDsforthesearti cialclustersweretakenfromourmodelgrid,andatypicalobservationalerrorof0.1magwasassumed.Subsequently,weredeterminedthebest- tclusterparametersusingourEScode,andcomparedthemtotheoriginalvalues.Weconstructedanumberofadditionalclusterscharacterizedbycoloro sets(tooredortooblueby0.1mag)toassesstheaccuracyofourmodel ts.Fromthisstudyweconcludethat
1.Thechoiceofpassbandcombinationrequiredforaproperdetermi-nationofthebasicclusterparameters(age,metallicity,extinction)canbeoptimizedtowardstheexpectedmeanparametervalues.2.Inordertodeterminereliableages,theuseofultraviolet(UV)pass-bandsisvitalforallages.Includinganear-infrared(NIR)passbandimprovestheaccuracyfurther.3.Formetallicitydeterminations,NIRobservationsaremostimpor-tant,whiletheUVisessentialforyoungsystems(ages≤100Myr).4.TheextinctionisbestdeterminedusingUV+opticalcolors.Ingeneral,theaccuracyandthebestpassbandcombinationareastrongfunctionoftheageofthecluster’sstellarpopulation(Anderset.al.,2002b,inprep.).Theavailabilityofobservationsspanningtheentire
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