Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Galaxy Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2010-08-25
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Galaxy Astrophysics
9 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication on ApJ Letter
Scientific paper
We present chemical abundance analysis of a sample of 15 red giant branch (RGB) stars of the Globular Cluster NGC~1851 distributed along the two RGBs of the (v, v-y) CMD. We determined abundances for C+N+O, Na, $\alpha$, iron-peak, and s-elements. We found that the two RGB populations significantly differ in their light (N,O,Na) and s-element content. On the other hand, they do not show any significant difference in their $\alpha$ and iron-peak element content. More importantly, the two RGB populations do not show any significant difference in their total C+N+O content. Our results do not support previous hypotheses suggesting that the origin of the two RGBs and the two subgiant branches of the cluster is related to a different content of either $\alpha$ (including Ca) or iron-peak elements, or C+N+O abundance, due to a second generation polluted by SNeII.
Geisler Douglas
Piotto Giampaolo
Villanova Sandro
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