High resolution abundance analysis of 5 giants in the globular cluster 47 Tucanae
Abstract
Abundances in Galactic globular clusters are important for understanding Galactic chemical evolution and the formation of the Milk Way. 47 Tucanae (NGC 104) is a template metal-rich globular cluster ([Fe/H] ∼-0.7 dex). From the point of view of high resolution spectroscopy, there is still a lack of abundance analyses in the literature. In this work we present a detailed analysis carried out for 5 giants stars (12.10 < V < 14.30) of 47 Tucanae, using high resolution spectra (λ/Δλ∼60,000) with high signal-to-noise ratio (S/N > 200), obtained at the ESO VLT-UT2 8m telescope, equipped with the UVES spectrograph. Abundances of α- (O, Mg, Ca, Si, Ti), s- (Ba, Y, Sr) and r- (Eu) process elements are obtained.
- Publication:
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The Interplay Among Black Holes, Stars and ISM in Galactic Nuclei
- Pub Date:
- November 2004
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921304003230
- Bibcode:
- 2004IAUS..222..549A