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Received on June 24 2007

The ACS Survey of Galactic Globular Clusters. II. Stellar Evolution Tracks, Isochrones, Luminosity Functions, and Synthetic Horizontal-Branch Models

AuthorsAaron Dotter (1), Brian Chaboyer (1), Darko Jevremovic (2), E. Baron (2), Jason Ferguson (3), Ata Sarajedini (4), and Jay Anderson (5)
Affiliation(1) Dartmouth College
(2) University of Oklahoma
(3) Wichita State University
(4) University of Florida
(5) Rice University
Accepted byAstronomical Journal
Contactaaron.l.dotter@dartmouth.edu
URLhttp://stellar.dartmouth.edu/~models/
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Abstract

The ACS Survey of Galactic Globular Clusters, an HST Treasury Project, will deliver high-quality, homogeneous photometry of 65 globular clusters. This paper introduces a new collection of stellar evolution tracks and isochrones suitable for analyzing the ACS survey data. Stellar evolution models were computed at [Fe/H]=-2.5, -2.0, -1.5, -1.0, -0.5, and 0; [α/Fe]=-0.2, 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, and 0.8; and three initial He abundances for masses from 0.1 to 1.8 Msolar and ages from 2 to 15 Gyr. Each isochrone spans a wide range in luminosity, from MV ~14 up to the tip of the red giant branch. These are complemented by a set of He-burning tracks that extend from the zero-age horizontal branch to the onset of thermal pulsations on the asymptotic giant branch. In addition, a set of computer programs are provided that make it possible to interpolate the isochrones in [Fe/H], generate luminosity functions from the isochrones, and create synthetic horizontal-branch models. The tracks and isochrones have been converted to the observational plane with two different color-Teff transformations, one synthetic and one semiempirical, in ground-based B, V, and I, and F606W and F814W for both ACS WFC and WFPC2 systems. All models and programs presented in this paper are available at the Dartmouth Stellar Evolution Database and the Multimission Archive at the Space Telescope Science Institute. Based on observations with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, obtained at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by AURA, Inc., under NASA contract NAS 5-26555, under program GO-10775 (PI: A. Sarajedini).