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NGC 6656(M22)的双子巨星分支的化学表征

The double sub-giant branch of NGC 6656 (M22): a chemical characterization

A. F. Marino, A. P. Milone, C. Sneden, M. Bergemann, R. P. Kraft, G. Wallerstein, S. Cassisi, A. Aparicio, M. Asplund, R. L. Bedin, M. Hilker, K. Lind, Y. Moman… 展开作者

A. F. Marino, A. P. Milone, C. Sneden, M. Bergemann, R. P. Kraft, G. Wallerstein, S. Cassisi, A. Aparicio, M. Asplund, R. L. Bedin, M. Hilker, K. Lind, Y. Momany, G. Piotto, I. U. Roederer, P. B. Stetson, M. Zoccali

摘要:

本文对球状星团M22中的101颗次巨星支(SGB)星进行了丰度分析。使用低分辨率火焰/GIRAFFE光谱,我们已经确定了中子捕获锶和钡和轻元素碳的丰度。有了这些数据,我们探索观察到的SGB光度分裂在这个集群和两个恒星群的特点是不同含量的铁,慢中子捕获过程(S-过程)的元素,和α元素钙,我们以前发现在M22的红巨星之间的关系。我们发现,SGB星相关的化学成分和色星等图的位置:具有较高的金属丰度和相对的S-过程丰度的恒星定义一个较暗的SGB,而具有较低的金属丰度和S-过程内容的恒星驻留在一个相对较亮的SGB。这一结果对M22的两个恒星群的相对年龄有影响。特别是,这与两个SGBs年龄的巨大差异不一致。通过计算两个恒星群的化学成分,双SGB的等时线拟合表明它们的年龄相差不超过3亿年。

英文摘要:

We present an abundance analysis of 101 subgiant branch (SGB) stars in the globular cluster M22. Using low resolution FLAMES/GIRAFFE spectra we have determined abundances of the neutron-capture strontium and barium and the light element carbon. With these data we explore relationships between the observed SGB photometric split in this cluster and two stellar groups characterized by different contents of iron, slow neutron-capture process (s-process) elements, and the alpha element calcium, that we previously discovered in M22's red-giant stars. We show that the SGB stars correlate in chemical composition and color-magnitude diagram position: the stars with higher metallicity and relative s-process abundances define a fainter SGB, while stars with lower metallicity and s-process content reside on a relatively brighter SGB. This result has implications for the relative ages of the two stellar groups of M22. In particular, it is inconsistent with a large spread in ages of the two SGBs. By accounting for the chemical content of the two stellar groups, isochrone fitting of the double SGB suggests that their ages are not different by more than 300 Myr.

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