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Cunha, K.; Smith, Verne V.; Johnson, Jennifer A.; Bergemann, Maria; Mészáros, Szabolcs; Shetrone, Matthew D.; Souto, Diogo; Allende Prieto, C.; Schiavon, Ricardo P.; Frinchaboy, Peter; Zasowski, Gail; Bizyaev, Dmitry; Holtzman, Jon; García Pérez, Ana E.; Majewski, Steven R.; Nidever, David; Beers, Timothy; Carrera, R.; Geisler, Doug; Gunn, James; Hearty, Fred; Ivans, Inese; Martell, Sarah; Pinsonneault, Marc; Schneider, Donald P.; Sobeck, Jennifer; Stello, Dennis; Stassun, Keivan G.; Skrutskie, Michael; Wilson, John C.
Bibliographical reference
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 798, Issue 2, article id. L41, 6 pp. (2015).
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The open cluster NGC 6791 is among the oldest, most massive, and
metal-rich open clusters in the Galaxy. High-resolution H-band spectra
from the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE)
of 11 red giants in NGC 6791 are analyzed for their chemical abundances
of iron, oxygen, and sodium. The abundances of these three elements are
found to be homogeneous (with abundance dispersions at the level of
~0.05-0.07 dex) in these cluster red giants, which span much of the
red-giant branch (T eff ~ 3500-4600 K), and include two red
clump giants. From the infrared spectra, this cluster is confirmed to be
among the most metal-rich clusters in the Galaxy (lang[Fe/H]rang = 0.34
± 0.06) and is found to have a roughly solar value of [O/Fe] and
slightly enhanced [Na/Fe]. Our non-LTE calculations for the studied Na I
lines in the APOGEE spectral region (16373.86 Å and 16388.85
Å) indicate only small departures from LTE (<=0.04 dex) for the
parameter range and metallicity of the studied stars. The previously
reported double population of cluster members with different Na
abundances is not found among the studied sample.
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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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Allende Prieto