期刊
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
卷 607, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
EDP SCIENCES S A
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201731526
关键词
stars: abundances; stars: atmospheres; stars: Population II; open clusters and associations: individual: NGC 6535 globular; clusters: general
资金
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NAS5-26555]
- Italian Council for Research in Astronomy
- European Southern Observatory
- Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility
- International GEMINI project
- European Space Agency Astrophysics Division
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- National Science Foundation
- Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under NASA [NAS5-26555]
- NASA Office of Space Science [NNX09AF08G]
To understand globular clusters (GCs) we need to comprehend how their formation process was able to produce their abundance distribution of light elements. In particular, we seek to figure out which stars imprinted the peculiar chemical signature of GCs. One of the best ways is to study the light-element anti-correlations in a large sample of GCs that are analysed homogeneously. As part of our spectroscopic survey of GCs with FLAMES, we present here the results of our study of about 30 red giant member stars in the low-mass, low-metallicity Milky Way cluster NGC 6535. We measured the metallicity (finding [Fe/H] = -1.95, rms = 0.04 dex in our homogeneous scale) and other elements of the cluster and, in particular, we concentrate here on O and Na abundances. These elements define the normal Na-O anti-correlation of classical GCs, making NGC 6535 perhaps the lowest mass cluster with a confirmed presence of multiple populations. We updated the census of Galactic and extragalactic GCs for which a statement on the presence or absence of multiple populations can be made on the basis of high-resolution spectroscopy preferentially, or photometry and low-resolution spectroscopy otherwise; we also discuss the importance of mass and age of the clusters as factors for multiple populations.
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