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老的富金属疏散星团NGC 6791中关闭星的丰度

Abundances in Turn-off Stars in the Old, Metal-Rich Open Cluster, NGC 6791

Ann Merchant Boesgaard, Elizabeth E. C. Jensen, Constantine P. Deliyannis

摘要:

疏散星团长期以来一直被用来阐明恒星演化和星系演化。最古老的星团虽然相当罕见,但可以揭示银河系历史早期的化学和核合成过程。我们研究了在古老的富含金属的疏散星团NGC 6791中的两颗关闭星。Keck + HIRES光谱的分辨率为45,000,每个像素的信噪比为40。我们确认了[Fe/H]的高值,发现+0.30 $\pm$ 0.08,与早期在HR图其他部分的演化恒星的结果一致。我们还测定了Na、Si、Ca、Ti、Cr、Ni、Y和Ba的丰度。这些是比较古老的,富含金属的场星的样本。除了星团中可能存在增强的Ni元素外,场星和星团中的元素丰度相似。模型预测表明,镍增强可能是由于富集的前集群气体的超新星Ia。轨道证据显示,NGC 6791可能起源于银河系内部区域附近,那里的金属丰度通常高于盘或晕。随后的扰动和迁移可能导致它目前的日心距离为4 kpc和银河平面以上1 kpc。

英文摘要:

Open clusters have long been used to illuminate both stellar evolution and Galactic evolution. The oldest clusters, though rather rare, can reveal the chemical and nucleosynthetic processes early in the history of the Galaxy. We have studied two turn-off stars in the old, metal-rich open cluster, NGC 6791. The Keck + HIRES spectra have a resolution of 45,000 and signal-to-noise ratios of 40 per pixel. We confirm the high value for [Fe/H] finding +0.30 $\pm$0.08, in agreement with earlier results from evolved stars in other parts of the HR diagram. We have also determined abundances for Na, Si, Ca, Ti, Cr, Ni, Y and Ba. These are compared to a sample of old, metal-rich field stars. With the probable exception of enhanced Ni in the cluster stars, the field and cluster stars show similar abundances of the elements. Model predictions show that the Ni enhancement could result from enrichment of the pre-cluster gas by SN Ia. Orbital evidence indicates that NGC 6791 could have originated near the inner regions of the Galaxy where the metallicity is generally higher than it is in the disk or halo. Subsequent perturbations and migrations may have resulted in its current heliocentric distance of 4 kpc and 1 kpc above the Galactic plane.

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