Bibcode
Masseron, T.; García-Hernández, D. A.; Mészáros, Sz.; Zamora, O.; Dell'Agli, F.; Allende Prieto, C.; Edvardsson, B.; Shetrone, M.; Plez, B.; Fernández-Trincado, J. G.; Cunha, K.; Jönsson, H.; Geisler, D.; Beers, T. C.; Cohen, R. E.
Referencia bibliográfica
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 622, id.A191, 16 pp.
Fecha de publicación:
2
2019
Revista
Número de citas
75
Número de citas referidas
69
Descripción
Aims: We seek to provide abundances of a large set of light and
neutron-capture elements homogeneously analyzed that cover a wide range
of metallicity to constrain globular cluster (GC) formation and
evolution models. Methods: We analyzed a large sample of 885 GCs
giants from the SDSS IV-Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution
Experiment (APOGEE) survey. We used the Cannon results to separate the
red giant branch and asymptotic giant branch stars, not only allowing
for a refinement of surface gravity from isochrones, but also providing
an independent H-band spectroscopic method to distinguish stellar
evolutionary status in clusters. We then used the Brussels Automatic
Code for Characterizing High accUracy Spectra (BACCHUS) to derive
metallicity, microturbulence, macroturbulence, many light-element
abundances, and the neutron-capture elements Nd and Ce for the first
time from the APOGEE GCs data. Results: Our independent analysis
helped us to diagnose issues regarding the standard analysis of the
APOGEE DR14 for low-metallicity GC stars. Furthermore, while we confirm
most of the known correlations and anticorrelation trends (Na-O, Mg-Al,
C-N), we discover that some stars within our most metal-poor clusters
show an extreme Mg depletion and some Si enhancement. At the same time,
these stars show some relative Al depletion, displaying a turnover in
the Mg-Al diagram. These stars suggest that Al has been partially
depleted in their progenitors by very hot proton-capture nucleosynthetic
processes. Furthermore, we attempted to quantitatively correlate the
spread of Al abundances with the global properties of GCs. We find an
anticorrelation of the Al spread against clusters metallicity and
luminosity, but the data do not allow us to find clear evidence of a
dependence of N against metallicity in the more metal-poor clusters. Conclusions: Large and homogeneously analyzed samples from ongoing
spectroscopic surveys unveil unseen chemical details for many clusters,
including a turnover in the Mg-Al anticorrelation, thus yielding new
constrains for GCs formation/evolution models.
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