Bibcode
Milone, A. P.; Piotto, G.; King, I. R.; Bedin, L. R.; Anderson, J.; Marino, A. F.; Momany, Y.; Malavolta, L.; Villanova, S.
Referencia bibliográfica
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 709, Issue 2, pp. 1183-1194 (2010).
Fecha de publicación:
2
2010
Revista
Número de citas
104
Número de citas referidas
92
Descripción
We have carried out high-precision photometry on a large number of
archival Hubble Space Telescope images of the Galactic globular cluster
NGC 6752, to search for signs of multiple stellar populations. We find a
broadened main sequence (MS) and demonstrate that this broadening cannot
be attributed either to binaries or to photometric errors. There is also
some indication of an MS split. No significant spread could be found
along the sub-giant branch, however. Ground-based photometry reveals
that in the U versus (U - B) color-magnitude diagram the red-giant
branch (RGB) exhibits a clear color spread, which we have been able to
correlate with variations in Na and O abundances. In particular, the
Na-rich, O-poor stars identified by Carretta et al. define a sequence on
the red side of the RGB, while Na-poor, O-rich stars populate a bluer,
more dispersed portion of the RGB.
Based on observations with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, obtained
at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by AURA,
Inc., under NASA contract NAS 5-26555.