Element abundances in the metal rich open cluster NGC6253

Details Element abundances in the metal rich open cluster NGC6253 Element abundances in the metal rich open cluster NGC6253

2007-01-08

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0701182v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

accepted by A&A (02/01/2007), 21 pages, 11 ps figures

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20066643

We have carried out a big FLAMES survey of 10 Galactic open clusters aiming at different goals. One of them is the determination of chemical abundances, in order to put constraints on the radial metallicity gradient in the disk and its evolution. One of the sample clusters is the very metal rich NGC 6253. We have obtained UVES high resolution spectra of seven candidate cluster members (from the turn off up to the red clump) with the goal of determining the chemical composition of NGC 6253 and to investigate its origin and role in the interpretation of the radial metallicity gradient in the disk. Equivalent width analysis and spectral synthesis were performed using MOOG and Kurucz model atmospheres. We derived abundances of Fe, alpha- and Fe-peak elements, the light element Na and the s-process element Ba. Excluding two likely non-members and the clump giant, whose metallicity from equivalent widths is overestimated, we find an average [Fe/H]=+0.36+/-0.07 (rms) for the cluster. For most of the other elements we derive solar abundance ratios.

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