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We present a chemical abundance study of three inner old halo clusters NGC 6287, NGC 6293, and NGC 6541, finding [Fe/H] = -2.01 +/- 0.05, -1.99 +/- 0.02, and -1.76 +/- 0.02, respectively, and our metallicity measurements are in good…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Jae-Woo Lee , Bruce W. Carney

We analyze spectroscopic observations of five young massive clusters (YMCs) in the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1313 to obtain detailed abundances from their integrated light. Our sample of YMCs was observed with the X-Shooter spectrograph on…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-08-17 Svea Hernandez , Autumn Winch , Søren Larsen , Bethan L. James , Logan Jones

Large abundance anomalies have been previously detected in Horizontal Branch B-type stars. We present the first high resolution study of isotopic anomalies and chemical abundances in six Horizontal Branch B-type stars in globular clusters…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 S. Hubrig , F. Castelli , G. De Silva , J. F. Gonzalez , Y. Momany , M. Netopil , S. Moehler

Globular Cluster (GC) formation seems to be a widespread mode of star formation in extreme starbursts triggered by strong interactions and mergers of massive gas-rich galaxies. We use our detailed chemically consistent evolutionary…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-10 Uta Fritze -- v. Alvensleben

The spectroscopic and photometric signals of the star-to-star abundance variations found in globular clusters seem to be correlated with global parameters like the cluster's metallicity, mass and age. Understanding this behaviour could…

We investigate aluminum abundance variations in the stellar populations of globular clusters using both literature measurements of sodium and aluminum and APOGEE measurements of nitrogen and aluminum abundances. For the latter, we show that…

In galaxy clusters, hierarchical assembly predicts the formation of stellar substructures and intracluster light (ICL), a diffuse stellar component tracing the global cluster potential. Because these features are extremely faint,…

We present detailed chemical abundances for $>$20 elements in $\sim$30 globular clusters in M31. These results have been obtained using high resolution ($\lambda/\Delta\lambda\sim$24,000) spectra of their integrated light and analyzed using…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-10-26 J. E. Colucci , R. A. Bernstein , J. Cohen

We combine ground and space-based photometry of the Galactic globular cluster 47 Tuc to measure four independent lines of evidence for a helium gradient in the cluster, whereby stars in the cluster outskirts would have a lower initial…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 D. M. Nataf , A. Gould , M. H. Pinsonneault , P. B. Stetson

Context: Globular clusters (GCs) in the outer halo are important probes of the composition and origin of the Galactic stellar halo. Aims: We derive chemical element abundance ratios in red giants belonging to the remote (R~90 kpc) GC Pal 3…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-13 Andreas Koch , Patrick Côté , Andrew McWilliam

The FLAMES survey ``Na-O anti-correlation and HB" uncovered the modern standard for globular clusters (GCs), that is their ubiquitous multiple stellar populations (MPs) distinct by the abundance of proton-capture elements. That survey can…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-25 Eugenio Carretta

In intermediate-temperature (T = 2.5 - 4.5 keV) galaxy clusters, abundance measurements are almost-equally driven by Fe K and L transitions, at $\sim$ 6.7 keV and 0.9 - 1.3 keV, respectively. While K-shell-derived measurements are…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-14 G. Riva , S. Ghizzardi , S. Molendi , I. Bartalucci , S. De Grandi , F. Gastaldello , C. Grillo , M. Rossetti

Deep imaging data from the Keck II telescope are employed to study the globular cluster (GC) populations in the cores of six rich Abell clusters. The sample includes A754, A1644, A2124, A2147, A2151, and A2152, and spans the redshift range…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 John P. Blakeslee

A recent analysis comparing the [Na/Fe] distributions of red giant branch (RGB) and asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars in the Galactic globular cluster NGC 6752 found that the ratio of Na-poor to Na-rich stars changes from 30:70 on the RGB…

We present radial velocities and chemical abundances of O, Na, Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, and Cu for a sample of 156 red giant branch stars in two Galactic bulge fields centered near (l,b)=(+5.25,-3.02) and (0,-12). The (+5.25,-3.02)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Christian I. Johnson , R. Michael Rich , Chiaki Kobayashi , Andrea Kunder , Andreas Koch

The paper investigates the properties of the dust mass loss in stars populating the giant branch of the globular cluster 47 Tuc, by combining ISOCAM and DENIS data. Raster maps of 5 fields covering areas ranging from 4 x 4 to 15 x 15…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-02-18 A. Ramdani , A. Jorissen

We have performed a detailed spectral analysis of the inner halo Galactic globular cluster (GC) NGC 6723 using high resolution (R$\approx$ 22000-48000) spectra for for eleven red giant branch stars collected with MIKE (Magellan) and FEROS…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-10 Juliana Crestani , Alan Alves-Brito , Giuseppe Bono , Arthur A. Puls , Javier Alonso-García

This work continues our efforts to calibrate model surface brightness luminosities for the study of unresolved stellar populations, through the comparison with data of Magellanic Cloud star clusters. We present here the relation between…

We exploit the large number of archival HST images of 47 Tuc to examine its subgiant branch (SGB) and main sequence (MS) for signs of multiple populations. In the cluster core, we find that the cluster's SGB exhibits a clear spread in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-01-15 J. Anderson , G. Piotto , I. R. King , L. R. Bedin , P. Guhathakurta

Globular Clusters (GCs) in the Milky Way represent the ideal laboratory to establish the age of the oldest stellar populations and to measure the color-magnitude relation of stars. Infrared (IR) photometry of these objects provides a new…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-19 Matteo Correnti , Mario Gennaro , Jason S. Kalirai , Roger E. Cohen , Thomas M. Brown