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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume 684, Issue 2, Pages 1159-1169Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1086/590658
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galaxy : abundances; globular clusters : individual (NGC 6752); stars : abundances
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We present N abundances for 21 bright giants in the globular cluster NGC 6752 based on high-resolution UVES spectra of the 3360 angstrom NH lines. We confirm that the Stromgren c(1) index traces the N abundance and find that the star-to-star N abundance variation is 1.95 dex, at the sample's luminosity. We find statistically significant correlations, but small-amplitude variations, between the abundances of N and alpha-, Fe-peak, and s-process elements. Analyses using model atmospheres with appropriate N, O, Na, and Al abundances would strengthen, rather than mute, these correlations. If the small variations of heavy elements are real, then the synthesis of the N anomalies must take place in stars which also synthesize alpha-, Fe-peak, and s-process elements. These correlations offer support for contributions from both asymptotic giant branch and massive stars to the globular cluster abundance anomalies.
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