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Historically, multiple populations in Globular Clusters (GCs) have been mostly studied from ultraviolet and optical filters down to stars that are more massive than ~0.6 solar masses. Here we exploit deep near-infrared (NIR) photometry from…

Multiple stellar populations in globular clusters (GCs) are distinct by their different abundances of light elements. The abundance anti-correlations point towards a nucleosynthesis origin due to high-temperature H burning, but it remains…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-02-03 Eugenio Carretta , Angela Bragaglia

Among the newly discovered features of multiple stellar populations in Globular Clusters, the cluster NGC 1851 harbours a double subgiant branch, that can be explained in terms of two stellar generations, only slightly differing in age, the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 P. Ventura , V. Caloi , F. D'Antona , J. Ferguson , A. Milone , G. Piotto

In this study we present first results from multi-wavelength Hubble Space Telescope (HST) observations of the Galactic globular cluster GC NGC2808 as an extension of the Hubble Space Telescope UV Legacy Survey of Galactic GCs (GO-13297 and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-06 A. P. Milone , A. F. Marino , G. Piotto , A. Renzini , L. R. Bedin , J. Anderson , S. Cassisi , F. D'Antona , A. Bellini , H. Jerjen , A. Pietrinferni , P. Ventura

The chemical composition of multiple populations in the massive globular cluster (GC) NGC~2808 is addressed with the homogeneous abundance re-analysis of 140 red giant branch (RGB) stars. UVES spectra for 31 stars and GIRAFFE spectra for…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-23 Eugenio Carretta

The presence of two globular cluster subpopulations in early-type galaxies is now the norm rather than the exception. Here we present two more examples for which the host galaxy appears to have undergone a recent merger. Using multi-colour…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Duncan A. Forbes , Antonis E. Georgakakis , Jean P. Brodie

More than a decade has passed since the definition of Globular Cluster (GC) changed, and now we know that they host Multiple Populations (MPs). But few GCs do not share that behaviour and Ruprecht 106 is one of these clusters. We analyzed…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-02-24 Heinz Frelijj , Sandro Villanova , Cesar Muñoz , José Fernández-Trincado

The analysis of multiple populations (MPs) in globular clusters, both spectroscopically and photometrically, is key in understanding their formation and evolution. The relatively narrow Johnson U, F336W, and Stromgren and Sloan u filters…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-11 Jeffrey D. Cummings , Douglas Geisler , Sandro Villanova

We study the relationship between the iron abundance (IA) in red giant branch (RGB) stars and their radial distribution (RD) in Galactic globular clusters (GCs). We relied on publicly available archival data on IA in red giants (RGs) of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-06-21 Valery V. Kravtsov

This paper presents results from wide-field imaging of the globular cluster (GC) systems of five intermediate-luminosity (M_V ~-21 to -22) early-type galaxies. The aim is to accurately quantify the global properties of the GC systems by…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Jonathan R. Hargis , Katherine L. Rhode

Stars in massive star clusters exhibit intrinsic variations in some light elements (MPs) that are difficult to explain in a coherent formation scenario. In recent years, HST photometry has led to the characterisation of the global…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-06-29 Carmela Lardo , Maurizio Salaris , Santi Cassisi , Nate Bastian

Recent work has shown that NIR Hubble Space Telescope (HST) photometry allows us to disentangle multiple populations (MPs) among M dwarfs of globular clusters (GCs) and investigate this phenomenon in very low-mass (VLM) stars. Here, we…

Most Galactic Globular Clusters (GCs) harbour multiple populations of stars (MPs), composed of at least two generations: the first characterized by a "standard" $\alpha$-enhanced metal mixture, as observed in field halo stars of the Milky…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-10 Vinicius Branco , Paula R. T. Coelho , Ariane Lançon , Lucimara P. Martins , Philippe Prugniel

We present an analysis of a large sample of moderate resolution Keck LRIS spectra of subgiant (V \sim 17.2) and fainter stars in the Galactic globular cluster M5 (NGC 5904) with the goal of deriving C and N abundances. Star-to-star…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Judith G. Cohen , Michael M. Briley , Peter B. Stetson

We study the multiple populations of $\omega$ Cen by using the abundances of Fe, C, N, O, Mg, Al, Si, K, Ca, and Ce from the high-resolution, high signal-to-noise (S/N$>$70) spectra of 982 red giant stars observed by the SDSS-IV/APOGEE-2…

We have obtained HST-NICMOS observations of five of M31's most metal rich globular clusters: G1, G170, G174, G177 & G280. For the two clusters farthest from the nucleus we statistically subtract the field population and estimate…

We investigate the behavior of multiple stellar populations in globular clusters (GCs) using photometric diagrams constructed with Euclid photometry. By employing synthetic spectra and isochrones that incorporate the chemical differences…

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

We present aluminium, magnesium, and silicon abundances in the metal-poor globular cluster NGC 6752 for a sample of more than 130 red giants with homogeneous oxygen and sodium abundances. We find that [Al/Fe] shows a spread of about 1.4 dex…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-04 Eugenio Carretta , Angela Bragaglia , Raffaele Gratton , Sara Lucatello , Valentina D'Orazi