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ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
Volume 441, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
EDP SCIENCES S A
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20052905
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stars : abundances; stars : population II; stars : kinematics; stars : atmospheres; galaxy : halo; galaxy : evolution
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We investigate sulphur abundance in 74 Galactic stars by using high resolution spectra obtained at ESO VLT and NTT telescopes. For the first time the abundances are derived, where possible, from three optical multiplets: Mult. 1, 6, and 8. By combining our own measurements with data in the literature we assemble a sample of 253 stars in the metallicity range -3.2 <= [Fe/H] <= + 0.5. Two important features, which could hardly be detected in smaller samples, are obvious from this large sample: 1) a sizeable scatter in [S/ Fe] ratios around [Fe/ H] similar to - 1; 2) at low metallicities we observe stars with [S/Fe] similar to 0.4, as well as stars with higher [S/Fe] ratios. The latter do not seem to be kinematically different from the former ones. Whether the latter finding stems from a distinct population of metal-poor stars or simply from an increased scatter in sulphur abundances remains an open question.
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