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Jan 2012
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American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #219, #152.05
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We present the first high-resolution (R 40,000) chemical abundance analysis of the relatively young (8-9 Gyr), outer halo Galactic globular cluster NGC 1261. Stellar parameters for three stars were derived using spectroscopic constraints. Abundances were deduced using a combination of EWs and fitting synthetic spectra. Our derived metallicity ([Fe/H] = -1.19 ± 0.02) is in excellent agreement with the metallicity scale of Kraft & Ivans (2003, 2004). However, the Na-O anticorrelation spanning 1.1 ± 0.1 dex in sodium, is as large as any other cluster reported to date. In the light element group, we report -0.9 < [C/Fe] < -0.6 with C12/C13 = 4, (for which three regions in the G-band were synthesized); +0.5 < [N/Fe] < +1.1 from the CN band head near 8004A; -0.25 < [O/Fe] < +0.2 from the forbidden lines; -0.3 < [Al/Fe] < +0.15 from the aluminum doublet near 6696A. We also present abundances for the alpha-elements [Mg/Fe] = +0.2 ± 0.1; [Si/Fe] = +0.1 ± 0.1; [Ca/Fe] = +0.15 ± 0.1; [Ti/Fe] = +0.15 ± 0.15. NGC 1261 is distinguished from other clusters of comparable metallicity due to low-alpha abundances. We will discuss the nucleosynthetic histories that may have given rise to these abundances including the possibility of enrichment by Type 1a supernovae. We also report abundances for the iron-peak elements [Sc/Fe] = +0.0 ± 0.2; [V/Fe] = -0.1 ± 0.1; [Cr/Fe] = -0.1 ± 0.15; [Mn/Fe] = -0.1 ± 0.15; [Co/Fe] = +0.2 ± 0.1; [Ni/Fe] = +0.0 ± 0.1; the light neutron-capture elements [Y/Fe] = +0.1 ± 0.1; [Zr/Fe] = +0.35 ± 0.1; the s-process elements [Ba/Fe] = +0.15 ± 0.1; [La/Fe] = +0.1 ± 0.1; [Nd/Fe] = +0.15 ± 0.1; and the r-process element [Eu/Fe] = 0.6 ± 0.2.
Filler Dan
Ivans Inese I.
Simmerer Jennifer
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