Chemical Homogeneity in Collinder 261 and Implications for Chemical Tagging

Details Chemical Homogeneity in Collinder 261 and Implications for Chemical Tagging Chemical Homogeneity in Collinder 261 and Implications for Chemical Tagging

2006-11-28

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0611832v1

Astron.J.133:1161-1175,2007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

26 pages, 15 figures, accepted by AJ. Uses emulateapj.cls

Scientific paper

10.1086/511182

This paper presents abundances for 12 red giants of the old open cluster Collinder 261 based on spectra from VLT/UVES. Abundances were derived for Na, Mg, Si, Ca, Mn, Fe, Ni, Zr and Ba. We find the cluster has a solar-level metallicity of [Fe/H] = -0.03 dex. However some alpha elements were found to be enhanced. The star-to-star scatter was consistent with the expected measurement uncertainty for all elements. The observed rms scatter is as follows: Na = 0.07, Mg = 0.05, Si = 0.06, Ca = 0.05, Mn = 0.03, Fe = 0.02, Ni = 0.04, Zr = 0.12, and Ba = 0.03 dex. The intrinsic scatter was estimated to be less than 0.05 dex. Such high levels of homogeneity indicate that chemical information remains preserved in this old open cluster. We use the chemical homogeneity we have now established in Cr 261, Hyades and the HR1614 moving group to examine the uniqueness of the individual cluster abundance patterns, ie. chemical signatures. We demonstrate that the three studied clusters have unique chemical signatures, and discuss how other such signatures may be searched for in the future. Our findings support the prospect of chemically tagging disk stars to common formation sites in order to unravel the dissipative history of the Galactic disk.

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