- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/130/2140
- Title:
- Abundances and velocities in globular clusters
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/130/2140
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have compiled a sample of globular clusters with high-quality stellar abundances from the literature to compare to the chemistries of stars in the Galaxy and in dwarf spheroidal galaxies. Of the 45 globular clusters examined, 29 also have kinematic information. Most of the globular clusters belong to the Galactic halo; however, a significant number have disk kinematics or belong to the bulge.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/754/91
- Title:
- Abundances and velocities of NGC 6397 stars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/754/91
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We used three sets of high-resolution spectra acquired with the multifiber facility FLAMES at the Very Large Telescope of the European Southern Observatory to investigate the chemical and kinematical properties of a sample of 42 horizontal branch (HB) stars, 18 blue straggler stars (BSSs), and 86 main-sequence (MS) turnoff (TO) and sub-giant branch stars in the nearby globular cluster NGC 6397. We measured rotational velocities and Fe, O, and Mg abundances. All of the unevolved stars in our sample have low rotational velocites (vsin i<10km/s), while the HB stars and BSSs show a broad distribution, with values ranging from 0 to ~70km/s. For HB stars with T<10500K there is a clear temperature-oxygen anticorrelation that can be understood if the star position along the HB is mainly determined by the He content. The hottest BSSs and HB stars (with temperatures T>8200K and T>10500K, respectively) also show significant deviations in their iron abundance with respect to the cluster metallicity (as traced by the unevolved stars, [Fe/H]=-2.12). While similar chemical patterns have already been observed in other hot HB stars, this is the first evidence ever collected for BSSs. We interpret these abundance anomalies as due to the metal radiative levitation, occurring in stars with shallow or no convective envelopes.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/152/21
- Title:
- Abundances for red giants in NGC 6342 and NGC 6366
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/152/21
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present radial velocities and chemical abundances for red giant branch stars in the Galactic bulge globular clusters NGC6342 and NGC6366. The velocities and abundances are based on measurements of high-resolution (R>~20000) spectra obtained with the MMT-Hectochelle and WIYN-Hydra spectrographs. We find that NGC6342 has a heliocentric radial velocity of +112.5km/s ({sigma}=8.6km/s), NGC6366 has a heliocentric radial velocity of -122.3km/s ({sigma}=1.5km/s), and both clusters have nearly identical metallicities ([Fe/H]~-0.55). NGC6366 shows evidence of a moderately extended O-Na anti-correlation, but more data are needed for NGC6342 to determine if this cluster also exhibits the typical O-Na relation likely found in all other Galactic globular clusters. The two clusters are distinguished from similar metallicity field stars as having larger [Na/Fe] spreads and enhanced [La/Fe] ratios, but we find that NGC6342 and NGC6366 display {alpha} and Fe-peak element abundance patterns that are typical of other metal-rich ([Fe/H]>-1) inner Galaxy clusters. However, the median [La/Fe] abundance may vary from cluster-to-cluster.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/506/729
- Title:
- Abundances in globular cluster Pal 3
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/506/729
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Chemical abundances of 25 alpha-, iron peak-, and neutron-capture elements in the remote (R=90kpc) outer halo globular cluster have been determined for 4 red giants observed with the Magellan/MIKE spectrograph and from integrated spectra of 19 stars obtained with the Keck/HIRES instrument. The resulting abundance ratios show that Pal 3 is very similar to globular clusters of the inner halo and very dissimilar from dwarf spheroidal galaxy stars. Its neutron capture element ratios are compatible with a pure r-process enrichment.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/326/1069
- Title:
- Abundances in globular clusters
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/326/1069
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Tables 5, 6, and 7 present details of the derived abundances for the stars observed in the globular clusters M2, M13, and M56, respectively. Table 9 gives the measured equivalent widths for the iron lines of the field stars. Table 10 gives the measured equivalent widths for the programme stars of this survey.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/120/1364
- Title:
- Abundances in M3 and M13
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/120/1364
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We analyze high-resolution, high signal-to-noise ratio spectra of six red giant branch (RGB) stars in the globular cluster M3 (NGC 5272) and three in M13 (NGC 6205) that were obtained with the 4 m Mayall Telescope and echelle spectrometer on Kitt Peak. The spectra include lines of O, Na, Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Ti, V, Mn, Fe, and Ni. We also analyze the [Al/Fe] values of 96 RGB stars in M13 covering the brightest 3.5 mag, which include 66 measurements that were derived from moderate-resolution, low signal-to-noise ratio spectra obtained with the WIYN 3.5 m telescope and Hydra multiobject spectrograph, also on Kitt Peak.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/900/146
- Title:
- Abundances in 2 metal-poor GCs, M53 & NGC5053
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/900/146
- Date:
- 02 Feb 2022 13:00:59
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We search for extratidal stars around two metal-poor Galactic globular clusters, M53 and NGC 5053, using the near-infrared APOGEE spectra. Applying the t-distributed stochastic neighbor embedding (t-SNE) algorithm on the chemical abundances and radial velocities results in identification of two isolated stellar groups composed of cluster member stars in the t-SNE projection plane. With additional selection criteria of radial velocity, location in the color-magnitude diagram, and abundances from a manual chemical analysis, we find a total of 73 cluster member candidates; seven extratidal stars are found beyond the tidal radii of the two clusters. The extratidal stars around the clusters tend to be located along the leading direction of the cluster proper motion, and the individual proper motion of these stars also seems to be compatible to those of clusters. Interestingly, we find that one extratidal star of NGC 5053 is located on the southern outskirts of M53, which is part of common stellar envelope by the tidal interaction between two clusters. We discuss the nature of this star in the context of the tidal interaction between two clusters. We find apparent Mg-Al anticorrelations with a clear gap and spread (~0.9dex) in Al abundances for both clusters, and a light Si abundance spread (~0.3dex) for NGC 5053. Since all extratidal stars have Mg-enhanced and Al-depleted features, they could be first-generation stars of two globular clusters. Our results support that M53 and NGC5053 originated in dwarf galaxies and are surrounded by extended stellar substructures of more numerous populations of clusters.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/486/941
- Title:
- Abundances in M71 (NGC 6838)
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/486/941
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Abundance variations in moderately metal-rich globular clusters can give clues about the formation and chemical enrichment of globular clusters. CN, CH, Na, Mg and Al indices in spectra of 89 stars of the template metal-rich globular cluster M71 are measured and implications on internal mixing are discussed.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/141/175
- Title:
- Abundances in M15 RGB/RHB stars
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/141/175
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The globular cluster M15 is unique in its display of star-to-star variations in the neutron-capture elements. Comprehensive abundance surveys have been previously conducted for handfuls of M15 red giant branch (RGB) and red horizontal branch (RHB) stars. No attempt has been made to perform a single, self-consistent analysis of these stars, which exhibit a wide range in atmospheric parameters. In the current effort, a new comparative abundance derivation is presented for three RGB and six RHB members of the cluster. The analysis employs an updated version of the line transfer code MOOG, which now appropriately treats coherent, isotropic scattering.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/579/A104
- Title:
- Abundances in NGC 5053 and NGC 5634
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/579/A104
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The tidal disruption of the Sagittarius dwarf Spheroidal galaxy (Sgr dSph) is producing the most prominent substructure in the Milky Way (MW) halo, the Sagittarius Stream. Aside from field stars, the Sgr dSph is suspected to have lost a number of globular clusters (GC). Many Galactic GC are suspected to have originated in the Sgr dSph. While for some candidates an origin in the Sgr dSph has been confirmed due to chemical similarities, others exist whose chemical composition has never been investigated. NGC 5053 and NGC 5634 are two among these scarcely studied Sgr dSph candidate-member clusters. To characterize their composition we analyzed one giant star in NGC 5053, and two in NGC 5634. We analize high-resolution and signal-to-noise spectra by means of the MyGIsFOS code, determining atmospheric parameters and abundances for up to 21 species between O and Eu. The abundances are compared with those of MW halo field stars, of "unassociated" MW halo globulars, and of the metal poor Sgr dSph main body population. We derive a metallicity of [FeII/H]=-2.26+/-0.10 for NGC 5053, and of [FeI/H]=-1.99+/-0.075 and -1.97+/-0.076 for the two stars in NGC 5634. This makes NGC 5053 one of the most metal poor globular clusters in the MW. Both clusters display an alpha enhancement similar to the one of the halo at comparable metallicity. The two stars in NGC 5634 clearly display the Na-O anticorrelation widespread among MW globulars. Most other abundances are in good agreement with standard MW halo trends. The chemistry of the Sgr dSph main body populations is similar to the one of the halo at low metallicity. It is thus difficult to discriminate between an origin of NGC 5053 and NGC 5634 in the Sgr dSph, and one in the MW. However, the abundances of these clusters do appear closer to that of Sgr dSph than of the halo, favoring an origin in the Sgr dSph system.
