Statistics of stellar populations of star clusters and surrounding fields in the outer disk of the large magellanic cloud

A comparative analysis of Washington color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) for 14 star clusters and respective surrounding fields in the Large Magellanic Cl oud (LMC) outer disk is presented. Each CCD frame including field and the r espective cluster covers an area of 185 arcmin(2). The stellar population s ampled is of intermediate age and metallicity. CMD radial analysis involvin g star count ratios, morphologies, and integrated light properties are carr ied out. Luminosity functions (LFs) are also presented. The two main result s are, (1) within the range 4 kpc < R < 8 kpc, the distance from the LMC ce nter is well correlated with the average age in the sense that inner fields are younger and (2) beyond approximate to 8 kpc the outer fields do not sh ow evidence of a significant intermediate-age component in their stellar po pulations, as inferred from red giant clump star counts.