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银河系球状星团NGC 288的轻元素化学和双红巨星分支

Light Element Chemistry and the Double Red Giant Branch in the Galactic Globular Cluster NGC 288

Tiffany Hsyu, Christian I. Johnson, Young-Wook Lee, R. Michael Rich

摘要:

球状星团NGC 288在钙(HK)和斯特伦格伦(Strömgren)的b和y窄带中表现出两个不同的红巨星分支(RGBs)。为了进一步研究这一现象,我们用Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory的Blanco 4 m望远镜上的Hydra多光纤摄谱仪获得了NGC 288中27颗RGB星的中等分辨率(R $\sim$ 18,000)光谱。从这些数据中我们可以得出铁($\langle$ [Fe/H] $\rangle$ =-1.19; $σ$ =0.12),氧气($\langle$ [O/Fe] $\rangle$ = $+$ 0.25; $σ$ =0.13),和钠($\langle$ [Na/Fe] $\rangle$ = $\langle$ THABMQ 0.15; $σ$ =0.26)丰度。将这些数据与文献中可用的数据结合起来表明,这两个巨大的分支具有明显不同的轻元素化学性质,但在[Fe/H]方面没有表现出显着的差异。一个新的传输跟踪CTIO钙过滤器,获得了这个项目,表明CN污染的主要光谱特征驱动分裂的RGB。有趣的是,CN泄漏在目前的CTIO钙过滤器可以被用来作为一种有效的手段来搜索CN-弱和CN-强的恒星系统,否则小的钙丰度变化。

英文摘要:

The globular cluster NGC 288 was previously reported to exhibit two distinct red giant branches (RGBs) in the narrow-band Calcium (HK) and Strömgren b and y band passes. In order to investigate this phenomenon further, we obtained moderate resolution (R$\sim$18,000) spectra of 27 RGB stars in NGC 288 with the Hydra multifiber spectrograph on the Blanco 4m telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory. From these data we derive iron ($\langle$[Fe/H]$\rangle$=-1.19; $σ$=0.12), oxygen ($\langle$[O/Fe]$\rangle$=$+$0.25; $σ$=0.13), and sodium ($\langle$[Na/Fe]$\rangle$=$+$0.15; $σ$=0.26) abundances using standard equivalent width and spectrum synthesis techniques. Combining these data with those available in the literature indicates that the two giant branches have distinctly different light element chemistry but do not exhibit a significant spread in [Fe/H]. A new transmission tracing for the CTIO Ca filter, obtained for this project, shows that CN contamination is the primary spectral feature driving the split RGB. Interestingly, the CN leak in the current CTIO Ca filter may be used as an efficient means to search for CN-weak and CN-strong stars in systems with otherwise small Ca abundance variations.

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