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失物招领：球状星团NGC 6752渐近巨星分支中第二代恒星的证据

Lost and found: evidence of Second Generation stars along the Asymptotic Giant Branch of the globular cluster NGC 6752

E. Lapenna, C. Lardo, A. Mucciarelli, M. Salaris, F. R. Ferraro, B. Lanzoni, D. Massari, P. B. Stetson, S. Cassisi, A. Savino

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Accepted for publication by ApJL, 11 pages, 3 figures and 1 table
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摘要：

计算了球状星团NGC 6752中20颗AGB星的C、N、O、Na、Mg和Al的化学丰度。所有这些元素（镁除外）都表现出内在的星与星的变化和统计学上显著的相关性，或类似于通常在拥有多个种群的球状星团红巨星中观察到的相关性。这表明，与以前的发现不同，第一代和第二代恒星都居住在NGC 6752的AGB中。与同一星团中红巨星分支星的Na丰度比较表明，第二代星（Na和He丰度较低）确实达到了AGB相。在NGC 6752的AGB中，唯一没有观测到的天体是钠离子浓度极高的恒星。这也与标准的恒星演化模型一致，表明高Na和He富集的恒星占据水平分支的最蓝部分，并且由于它们的恒星质量较低，直接演化到白矮星冷却序列，跳过AGB阶段。

英文摘要：

We derived chemical abundances for C, N, O, Na, Mg and Al in 20 asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars in the globular cluster NGC 6752. All these elements (but Mg) show intrinsic star-to-star variations and statistically significant correlations or anticorrelations analogous to those commonly observed in red giant stars of globular clusters hosting multiple populations. This demonstrates that, at odds with previous findings, both first and second generation stars populate the AGB of NGC 6752. The comparison with the Na abundances of red giant branch stars in the same cluster reveals that second generation stars (with mild Na and He enrichment) do reach the AGB phase. The only objects that are not observed along the AGB of NGC 6752 are stars with extreme Na enhancement. This is also consistent with standard stellar evolution models, showing that highly Na and He enriched stars populate the bluest portion of the horizontal branch and, because of their low stellar masses, evolve directly to the white dwarf cooling sequence, skipping the AGB phase.

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