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Anomalous globular clusters: insights from neutron capture elements abundances

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2013-02-12 v1

Abstract

Thanks to the large amount of spectroscopic and photometric data assembled in the last couple of decades, the assumption that all globular clusters (GCs) contain a simple mono-metallic stellar population has been modified. Besides the common variations in the elements created/destroyed in the H-burning processes, spreads and/or multi-modalities in heavier elements have been detected in a few objects. Among the most remarkable chemical inhomogeneity in these anomalous objects is the internal variation in the neutron-capture (n-capture) elements, that can provide some information about the material from which stars were born. I report a summary of the chemical pattern observed in GCs where variations in n-capture have been detected, and the connection between these chemical features and the distribution of stars along the color-magnitude diagrams in the context of the lively debate on multiple stellar populations.

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@article{arxiv.1302.2306,
  title  = {Anomalous globular clusters: insights from neutron capture elements abundances},
  author = {A. F. Marino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.2306},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

5 pages, 4 fugures, proceedings of the meeting "Reading the book of globular clusters with the lens of stellar evolution", Rome, Nov. 26-28, 2012, to be published in Memorie della Societa' Astronomica Italiana

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