Near‐Infrared Spectral Features in Single‐aged Stellar Populations

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Synthetic spectra for single-aged stellar populations of metallicities [M/H] = -0.5, 0.0, and +0.5, ages = 3-17 Gyr, and initial mass function indices x = 0.1-2.0 were built in the wavelength range λλ6000-10200. We have employed the grid of synthetic spectra described in Schiavon & Barbuy, computed for the stellar parameters 2500 ≤ Teff ≤ 6000 K, -0.5 ≤ log g ≤ 5.0, [M/H] = -0.5, 0.0, and +0.5, and [α/Fe] = 0.0, together with the isochrones by Bertelli et al. and Baraffe et al. The behavior of the features Na I λ8190, Ca II λ8662, TiO λ6600, and FeH λ9900 Å in the integrated spectra of single-aged stellar populations was studied in terms of metallicity, initial mass function (IMF), and age variations. The main conclusions are that the Na I doublet is an IMF-sensitive feature, which is, however, sensitive also to metallicity and age, whereas TiO, Ca II, and FeH are very sensitive to metallicity and essentially insensitive to IMF and age.
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