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A&A
Volume 557, September 2013
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Article Number | A138 | |
Number of page(s) | 15 | |
Section | Galactic structure, stellar clusters and populations | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321905 | |
Published online | 24 September 2013 |
NGC 362: another globular cluster with a split red giant branch⋆,⋆⋆,⋆⋆⋆
1 INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, via Ranzani 1, 40127 Bologna, Italy
e-mail: eugenio.carretta@oabo.inaf.it
2 INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Vicolo dell’Osservatorio 5, 35122 Padova, Italy
3 Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109 Australia
4 Monash Centre for Astrophysics, Monash University, School of Mathematical Sciences, Building 28, Clayton VIC 3800, Melbourne, Australia
5 INAF – Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania, via S. Sofia 78, 95123 Catania, Italy
6 Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Catania, via S. Sofia 78, 95123 Catania, Italy
7 European Southern Observatory, Alonso de Cordova 3107, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile
Received: 16 May 2013
Accepted: 11 July 2013
We obtained FLAMES GIRAFFE+UVES spectra for both first- and second-generation red giant branch (RGB) stars in the globular cluster (GC) NGC 362 and used them to derive abundances of 21 atomic species for a sample of 92 stars. The surveyed elements include proton-capture (O, Na, Mg, Al, Si), α-capture (Ca, Ti), Fe-peak (Sc, V, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu), and neutron-capture elements (Y, Zr, Ba, La, Ce, Nd, Eu, Dy). The analysis is fully consistent with that presented for twenty GCs in previous papers of this series. Stars in NGC 362 seem to be clustered into two discrete groups along the Na-O anti-correlation with a gap at [O/Na] ~ 0 dex. Na-rich, second generation stars show a trend to be more centrally concentrated, although the level of confidence is not very high. When compared to the classical second-parameter twin NGC 288 with similar metallicity but different horizontal branch type and a much lower total mass, the proton-capture processing in stars of NGC 362 seems to be more extreme, confirming previous analysis. We discovered the presence of a secondary RGB sequence, which is redder than the bulk of the RGB. A preliminary estimate shows that this sequence comprises about 6% of RGB stars. Our spectroscopic data and literature photometry indicate that this sequence is populated almost exclusively by giants rich in Ba and is probably rich in all s-process elements, as found in other clusters. In this regard, NGC 362 joins previously studied GCs like NGC 1851, NGC 6656 (M 22), and NGC 7089 (M 2).
Key words: stars: Population II / globular clusters: general / stars: abundances / stars: atmospheres / globular clusters: individual: NGC 362
Appendix A is available in electronic form at http://www.aanda.org
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