Abundances in Turn-off Stars in the Old, Metal-Rich Open Cluster, NGC 6791

Details Abundances in Turn-off Stars in the Old, Metal-Rich Open Cluster, NGC 6791 Abundances in Turn-off Stars in the Old, Metal-Rich Open Cluster, NGC 6791

2009-03-09

arxiv.org/abs/0903.1648v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxy Astrophysics

10 pages, 4 figures, 7 tables accepted by The Astronomical Journal for June, 2009

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Open clusters have long been used to illuminate both stellar evolution and Galactic evolution. The oldest clusters, though rather rare, can reveal the chemical and nucleosynthetic processes early in the history of the Galaxy. We have studied two turn-off stars in the old, metal-rich open cluster, NGC 6791. The Keck + HIRES spectra have a resolution of 45,000 and signal-to-noise ratios of 40 per pixel. We confirm the high value for [Fe/H] finding +0.30 $\pm$0.08, in agreement with earlier results from evolved stars in other parts of the HR diagram. We have also determined abundances for Na, Si, Ca, Ti, Cr, Ni, Y and Ba. These are compared to a sample of old, metal-rich field stars. With the probable exception of enhanced Ni in the cluster stars, the field and cluster stars show similar abundances of the elements. Model predictions show that the Ni enhancement could result from enrichment of the pre-cluster gas by SN Ia. Orbital evidence indicates that NGC 6791 could have originated near the inner regions of the Galaxy where the metallicity is generally higher than it is in the disk or halo. Subsequent perturbations and migrations may have resulted in its current heliocentric distance of 4 kpc and 1 kpc above the Galactic plane.

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