Description
Chemical abundances of 25 elements, which include {alpha}-, iron peak-, and neutron-capture elements, in the outer halo globular cluster Palomar 14 have been determined for the nine red giants observed with the FLAMES/UVES spectrograph. The abundance pattern of Pal 14 is similar to the inner halo GCs, halo field stars, and GCs of recognized extragalactic origin, but differs from what is customarily found in dSphs field stars. The abundance properties of Pal 14 as well as those of the other outer halo GCs are thus compatible with an accretion origin from dSphs. The neutron-capture elements show an r-process signature.
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