Abundance anomalies in hot horizontal-branch stars of the globular cluster NGC 6752

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics

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Abundance, Blue Stars, Globular Clusters, Horizontal Branch Stars, Hot Stars, Angular Velocity, Helium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Radial Velocity, Silicon, Stellar Temperature

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High-resolution spectra of two blue stars on the horizontal branch of the metal-poor globular cluster NGC 6752 have been obtained with an echelle spectrograph and a CCD detector on the CTIO 4 m telescope. A helium underabundance is confirmed in the blue star CL 1083 (Teff = 16,000 K). An overabundance of iron by a factor of 50 compared to the cluster metallicity is also obtained. No abundance anomaly is measured in the cooler star CL 1007 (Teff = 10,000 K). Presumably all stars of this cluster had the same original abundances; hence, the anomalies must be explained by the different properties of individual stars. These results are discussed in the context of the diffusion model originally developed to explain the He underabundance in horizontal-branch stars.

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