FIGURE1: K-band Surface Brightness Fluctuation magnitudes vs age
derived by Gonzalez, Liu & Bruzual (2004 ApJ, 611, 270) for Magellanic
Cloud superclusters (obtained by coadding clusters belonging to the
same SWB class - Searle, Wilkinson & Bagnuolo 1980, ApJ, 239, 803). The
colour-code denotes the typical metallicity of each supercluster.
The Ks data (2MASS system) have been transformed onto the Johnson system
combining the relationships by Carpenter et al. (2001, AJ, 121, 2851)
and Bessell & Brett (1988, PASP, 100, 1134)
Theoretical SBF magnitudes for the metallicity (denoted
by the appropriate colour) and age range (obtained from Gonzalez et
al. 2004) of the individual superclusters are also displayed. The
theoretical SBF magnitudes are obtained from our isochrones
including convective core overshooting, with a mass loss
parameter eta=0.2. In case of
Z=0.0006 models we also show (dashed line) the predictions for a
larger mass loss, i.e. eta=0.4.
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