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球状星团NGC 1851中的富氮超红巨星序列

A sequence of nitrogen-rich very red giants in the globular cluster NGC 1851

Eugenio Carretta, Valentina D'Orazi, Raffaele G. Gratton, Sara Lucatello

摘要:

本文给出了特殊球状星团NGC 1851中红巨星分支(RGB)上62颗恒星的N丰度。[N/Fe]比的值是通过比较观测光谱中测得的通量与合成光谱中测得的通量得到的,最多可达CN的15个特征。这是第一次获得这样一个大样本的RGB恒星的N丰度在这个集群中的中分辨率光谱。有了这些丰度,我们提供了从NGC 1851的几项研究中发现的分裂红巨星分支的化学标记。第二个,RGB上最红的序列几乎完全由富N星组成,证实了我们之前基于Stromgren星等和颜色的建议。平均而言,这些巨星也富含Ba等s-过程元素,可能是在渐近巨星分支阶段经历第三次疏浚的低质量恒星污染的结果。

英文摘要:

We present the abundances of N in a sample of 62 stars on the red giant branch (RGB) in the peculiar globular cluster NGC 1851. The values of [N/Fe] ratio were obtained by comparing the flux measured in the observed spectra with that from synthetic spectra for up to about 15 features of CN. This is the first time that N abundances are obtained for such a large sample of RGB stars from medium-resolution spectroscopy in this cluster. With these abundances we provide a chemical tagging of the split red giant branch found from several studies in NGC 1851. The secondary, reddest sequence on the RGB is populated almost exclusively by N-rich stars, confirming our previous suggestion based on Stromgren magnitudes and colours. These giants are also, on average, enriched in s-process elements such as Ba, and are likely the results of pollution from low mass stars that experienced episodes of third dredge-up in the asymptotic giant branch phase.

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