Computer Science
Scientific paper
Aug 2008
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NOAO Proposal ID #2008B-0399
Computer Science
Scientific paper
I propose to perform the first high-resolution detailed chemical abundance study of globular clusters (GCs) in the Local Group spiral galaxy M33 with Keck HIRES. My integrated-light technique permits detailed chemical abundance measurement (and approximate ages) for old populations at larger distance than ever done before. The basic goal is to accurately define the chemical abundance properties of the M33 GC system, for a comparison with the Milky Way, LMC, SMC and Local Group dwarf galaxies. Abundances of Fe, (alpha)-elements, Na and Al will constrain the relative contributions of Type Ia and Type II SNe and probe ~1 Gyr enrichment timescales. The s-process elements (e.g. Zr, Y, Ba, La), made by AGB stars, will probe timescales of several Gyr. These elements are sensitive to whether chemical enrichment occurred slowly, or in a burst, and whether the enrichment was global, or occurred in disparate systems, such as dwarf galaxies that were later accreted. The project will provide basic information to advance an understanding of chemical enrichment and nucleosynthesis, and galaxy evolution.
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