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半人马座ω红巨星分支上C、N、Sr和Ba的丰度

Abundances of C, N, Sr and Ba on the red giant branch of omega Centauri

Laura M. Stanford, Gary S. Da Costa, John E. Norris

摘要:

在半人马座球状星团的红巨星分支上,有33颗恒星的碳、氮、锶和钡相对于铁的丰度。它们是基于使用光谱合成技术分析的蓝色光谱区域的中间分辨率光谱数据。这些数据揭示了这些元素的丰度存在广泛的范围,并与主序星的类似数据进行比较,使我们能够深入了解星团的演化历史。大多数红巨星分支星被发现是贫碳的,即[C/Fe]<0,而相同恒星的[N/Fe]范围为~1 dex,从[N/Fe]~0.7到1.7 dex。锶与铁的丰度比从太阳能到轻度增强(0.0<=[Sr/Fe]<=0.8)不等,[Ba/Fe]通常等于或大于[Sr/Fe]。ROA 279是一颗已知的CH星,其碳和氮的丰度比分别为[C/Fe]=0.6和[N/Fe]=0.5 dex。红巨星分支上的演化混合的证据被发现的事实,相对碳丰度的主序列上普遍高于红巨星分支。然而,红巨星分支和主序样品的比较表明,两套样品中氮增强的上限相似,都在[N/Fe]~2.0dex。这很可能是原始混合过程而不是进化混合过程的结果。其中一颗红巨星分支星ROA 276被发现有Sr和Ba的丰度比。ROA 276的高分辨率光谱是由麦哲伦望远镜/MIKE摄谱仪组合获得的,以证实这一结果,揭示ROA 276确实是一颗不寻常的恒星。对于这颗恒星的计算的耗尽效应强烈表明,在ROA 276中观察到的Sr增强是原始起源,而不是源于表面吸积事件。

英文摘要:

Abundances relative to iron for carbon, nitrogen, strontium and barium are presented for 33 stars on the red giant branch of the globular cluster omega Centauri. They are based on intermediate-resolution spectroscopic data covering the blue spectral region analyzed using spectrum synthesis techniques. The data reveal the existence of a broad range in the abundances of these elements, and a comparison with similar data for main sequence stars enables insight into the evolutionary history of the cluster. The majority of the red giant branch stars were found to be depleted in carbon, i.e. [C/Fe]<0, while [N/Fe] for the same stars shows a range of ~1 dex, from [N/Fe]~0.7 to 1.7 dex. The strontium-to-iron abundance ratios varied from solar to mildly enhanced (0.0<=[Sr/Fe]<=0.8), with [Ba/Fe] generally equal to or greater than [Sr/Fe]. The carbon and nitrogen abundance ratios for the one known CH star in the sample, ROA 279, are [C/Fe]=0.6 and [N/Fe]=0.5 dex. Evidence for evolutionary mixing on the red giant branch is found from the fact that the relative carbon abundances on the main sequence are generally higher than those on the red giant branch. However, comparison of the red giant branch and main sequence samples shows that the upper level of nitrogen enhancement is similar in both sets at [N/Fe]~2.0dex. This is most likely the result of primordial rather than evolutionary mixing processes. One red giant branch star, ROA 276, was found to have Sr and Ba abundance ratios. High resolution spectra of ROA 276 were obtained with the Magellan Telescope/MIKE spectrograph combination to confirm this result, revealing that ROA 276 is indeed an unusual star. For this star calculations of the depletion effect strongly suggest that the observed Sr enhancement in ROA 276 is of primordial origin, rather than originating from a surface accretion event.

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