Bibcode
Lind, K.; Koposov, S. E.; Battistini, C.; Marino, A. F.; Ruchti, G.; Serenelli, A.; Worley, C. C.; Alves-Brito, A.; Asplund, M.; Barklem, P. S.; Bensby, T.; Bergemann, M.; Blanco-Cuaresma, S.; Bragaglia, A.; Edvardsson, B.; Feltzing, S.; Gruyters, P.; Heiter, U.; Jofre, P.; Korn, A. J.; Nordlander, T.; Ryde, N.; Soubiran, C.; Gilmore, G.; Randich, S.; Ferguson, A. M. N.; Jeffries, R. D.; Vallenari, A.; Allende Prieto, C.; Pancino, E.; Recio-Blanco, A.; Romano, D.; Smiljanic, R.; Bellazzini, M.; Damiani, F.; Hill, V.; de Laverny, P.; Jackson, R. J.; Lardo, C.; Zaggia, S.
Bibliographical reference
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 575, id.L12, 5 pp.
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2015
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Description
A small fraction of the halo field is made up of stars that share the
light element (Z ≤ 13) anomalies characteristic of second generation
globular cluster (GC) stars. The ejected stars shed light on the
formation of the Galactic halo by tracing the dynamical history of the
clusters, which are believed to have once been more massive. Some of
these ejected stars are expected to show strong Al enhancement at the
expense of shortage of Mg, but until now no such star has been found. We
search for outliers in the Mg and Al abundances of the few hundreds of
halo field stars observed in the first eighteen months of the Gaia-ESO
public spectroscopic survey. One halo star at the base of the red giant
branch, here referred to as 22593757-4648029 is found to have [ Mg/Fe ]
= -0.36 ± 0.04 and [ Al/Fe ] = 0.99 ± 0.08, which is
compatible with the most extreme ratios detected in GCs so far. We
compare the orbit of 22593757-4648029 to GCs of similar metallicity
andfind it unlikely that this star has been tidally stripped with low
ejection velocity from any of the clusters. However, both chemical and
kinematic arguments render it plausible that the star has been ejected
at high velocity from the anomalous GC ω Centauri within the last
few billion years. We cannot rule out other progenitor GCs, because some
may have disrupted fully, and the abundance and orbital data are
inadequate for many of those that are still intact.
Based on data acquired by the Gaia-ESO Survey, programme ID 188.B-3002.
Observations were made with ESO Telescopes at the La Silla Paranal
Observatory.Appendix A is available in electronic form at http://www.aanda.org
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Stellar spectroscopy allows us to determine the properties and chemical compositions of stars. From this information for stars of different ages in the Milky Way, it is possible to reconstruct the chemical evolution of the Galaxy, as well as the origin of the elements heavier than boron, created mainly in stellar interiors. It is also possible to
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