Bibcode
de Propris, Roberto; Schuler, Simon; Frebel, Anna; D'Antona, Francesca; Ventura, Paolo; Piotto, Giampaolo; Milone, Antonino
Referencia bibliográfica
NOAO Proposal ID #2010A-0357
Fecha de publicación:
2
2010
Número de citas
0
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0
Descripción
NGC 2808 is one of the globular clusters containing multiple stellar
populations in our Galaxy. The cluster color-magnitude diagram contains
two extra sequences blueward of the main cluster ridge-line. Stars on
these sequences appear to be enhanced in Helium up to Y=0.40. The origin
of these stars is still mysterious although they are believed to be
produced from the ejecta of massive AGB stars. We propose here to take
echelle spectra for several stars (~ 100) on each of the three sequences
and build a high signal-to-noise stacked spectrum to derive the detailed
chemical abundances of the average `star' on each of the three NGC 2808
sequences. We are particularly interested in the elements known to be
involved in anticorrelations on the giant branch (O, Na, Mg, Al) and the
r- and s-process element abundances (Ba, Eu), as well as Fe and Li. The
relative enrichment in these elements across the three sequences will
point to the nature of the polluting populations.