Carbon and nitrogen abundances in red giant stars in the globular cluster 47 Tucanae

Details Carbon and nitrogen abundances in red giant stars in the globular cluster 47 Tucanae Carbon and nitrogen abundances in red giant stars in the globular cluster 47 Tucanae

Sep 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979apj...232..428d&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 232, Sept. 1, 1979, p. 428-450. NSF-supported research.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Abundance, Carbon, Globular Clusters, Nitrogen, Red Giant Stars, Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars, Color-Color Diagram, Graphs (Charts), Metals, Stellar Spectra, Wavelengths

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The effects of changes in temperature, gravity, overall metal abundance, and carbon and nitrogen abundances have been investigated for model stellar spectra and colors representing globular-cluster giants of moderate metal deficiency. The results are presented in the form of spectral atlases and theoretical color-color diagrams. Using these results, approximate abundances of carbon and nitrogen have been derived for some red giant stars in 47 Tuc, from intermediate- and low-dispersion spectra and from intermediate- and narrow-band photometry. In all the normal giants studied, nitrogen is overabundant by up to about a factor of 5 (the precise value depends on the adopted carbon abundance), with different enhancements for different giants. The observational material is not sufficient to distinguish between a normal carbon abundance and a slight carbon depletion for the giant-branch stars, but carbon appears to be somewhat depleted in stars on the asymptotic giant branch. A most probable value of M/H = -0.8 for the overall cluster metal abundance is suggested from analysis of Stromgren photometry of red horizontal-branch stars.

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