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We use our new, flux-calibrated stellar population model of absorption-line indices to derive ages, metallicities, and various element abundance ratios from integrated light spectroscopy of galactic globular clusters. The ages agree well…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Daniel Thomas , Jonas Johansson , Claudia Maraston

We present a chemical abundance analysis of the tidally disrupted globular cluster (GC) Palomar 5. By co-adding high-resolution spectra of 15 member stars from the cluster's main body, taken at low signal-to-noise with the Keck/HIRES…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-05-24 Andreas Koch , Patrick Côté

We present ages, [Fe/H] and abundances of the alpha elements Ca I, Si I, Ti I, Ti II, and light elements Mg I, Na I, and Al I for 31 globular clusters in M31, which were obtained from high resolution, high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR$>60$)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 J. E. Colucci , R. A. Bernstein , J. Cohen

A subset of 150 globular clusters in M87 has been selected on the basis of S/N ratio for abundance and age determinations from the sample of Paper I. Indices measuring the strength of the strongest spectral features were determined for the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Judith G. Cohen , John P. Blakeslee , Anton Ryzhov

Context: The study of chemical abundance patterns in globular clusters is of key importance to constrain the different candidates for intra-cluster pollution of light elements. Aims: We aim at deriving accurate abundances for a large range…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-12-10 A. O. Thygesen , L. Sbordone , S. Andrievsky , S. Korotin , D. Yong , S. Zaggia , H. -G. Ludwig , R. Collet , M. Asplund , F. D'Antona , J. Meléndez , A. D'Ercole

We present detailed abundance measurements for 45 globular clusters (GCs) in galaxies in (and, in one case, beyond) the Local Group. The measurements are based on new high-resolution integrated-light spectra of GCs in NGC 185, NGC 205, M31,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-04-20 S. S. Larsen , P. Eitner , E. Magg , M. Bergemann , C. A. S. Moltzer , J. P. Brodie , A. J. Romanowsky , J. Strader

We have carried out a detailed abundance analysis for 21 elements in a sample of four RGB stars in the outer halo globular cluster NGC 7492 (R{GC} 25 kpc); we find [Fe/H] = -1.82 dex inferred from FeI lines (-1.79 from FeII) using high…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Judith G. Cohen , Jorge Melendez

We use integrated-light spectroscopic observations to measure metallicities and chemical abundances for two extragalactic young massive star clusters (NGC1313-379 and NGC1705-1). The spectra were obtained with the X-Shooter spectrograph on…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-07-19 Svea Hernandez , Søren Larsen , Scott Trager , Paul Groot

The Bright Star in the globular cluster 47 Tucanae (NGC 104) is a post-AGB star of spectral type B8 III. The ultraviolet spectra of late-B stars exhibit a myriad of absorption features, many due to species unobservable from the ground. The…

(Abridged) The present number of Galactic Open Clusters that have high-resolution abundance determinations, not only of [Fe/H], but also of other key elements, is largely insufficient to enable a clear modeling of the Galactic Disk chemical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-14 E. Pancino , R. Carrera , E. Rossetti , C. Gallart

Globular clusters exhibit star-to-star chemical variations, traceable through both photometric and spectroscopic data. In this study, we investigate chemical variations in the globular cluster NGC104 (47Tucanae), aiming to trace multiple…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-06-16 S. Villanova , L. Monaco , Y. Momany , A. Plotnikova , I. Ordenes

Asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars play a key role in the enrichment of galaxies with heavy elements. Due to their large amplitude variability, the measurement of elemental abundances is a highly challenging task that has not been solved…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-05 Thomas Lebzelter , Walter Nowotny , Kenneth H. Hinkle , Susanne Höfner , Bernhard Aringer

Abundances of C and N are derived from features due to the CH G-band and to the UV CN band measured on high resolution (R ~ 40,000) UVES spectra of more than 40 dwarfs and subgiants in NGC 6397, NGC 6752 and 47 Tuc. Oxygen abundances (or…

We present a photometric analysis of globular cluster 47 Tuc (NGC\,104), using near-IR imaging data from the GeMS/GSAOI Galactic Globular Cluster Survey (G4CS) which is in operation at Gemini-South telescope.~Our survey is designed to…

We present a chemical composition analysis of 36 giant stars in the mildly metal-poor globular cluster M5 (NGC 5904). The analysis makes use of high resolution data acquired at the Keck I telescope as well as a re-analysis of high…

This paper presents the chemical abundance analysis of a sample of 27 red giant stars located in 4 popolous intermediate-age globular clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud, namely NGC 1651, 1783, 1978 and 2173. This analysis is based on…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Mucciarelli , E. Carretta , L. Origlia , F. R. Ferraro

Aims. We have determined Sr abundance in a sample of 31 red giant branch stars located in the Galactic globular cluster 47 Tuc with the aim to identify potential differences in the Sr abundance between first population (1P, Na-poor) and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-09 E. Kolomiecas , A. Kučinskas , J. Klevas , V. Dobrovolskas

Integrated spectra of Milky Way globular clusters (GCs) are reproduced by computing synthetic spectra taking into account individual element abundances. Five clusters were selected from their location in the Galactic bulge, for which…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-05 Tatiana Coelho de Moura , Marina Trevisan , Beatriz Barbuy , Silvia Rossi

The abundance of fluorine in a few Galactic globular clusters is known to strongly vary from star-to-star. These unexpected chemical properties are an additional confirmation of the chemical inhomogeneities already found in several GC, and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 P. de Laverny , A. Recio-Blanco

Among stars in Galactic globular clusters the carbon abundance tends to decrease with increasing luminosity on the upper red giant branch, particularly within the lowest metallicity clusters. While such a phenomena is not predicted by…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-08 Jeffrey M. Gerber , Michael M. Briley , Graeme H. Smith