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Table 1

Mean abundances and abundance dispersions compared to literature values for NGC 6397.

nstars nlines  ⟨ A(X) ⟩  σ C09af K07bf G01c C00d  ⟨ A(X) ⟩ I  ⟨ A(X) ⟩ II ΔA(X)II − I

 [Fe/H]  21 11–13  −2.08 0.02  −1.95  −2.12  −2.05  −2.0  −2.05 ± 0.02  −2.08 ± 0.01  −0.03 ± 0.02
 [O/Fe] e 17 1–3 0.58 0.13 0.35 ... 0.37 0.15 0.71 ± 0.04 0.56 ± 0.03  −0.15 ± 0.05
 [Na/Fe]  21 1–2 0.11 0.14 0.11 ... 0.31 0.19  −0.18 ± 0.07 0.16 ± 0.02 0.34 ± 0.07
 [Mg/Fe]  21 1 0.31 0.07 0.25 0.37 0.20 ... 0.43 ± 0.03 0.29 ± 0.01  −0.14 ± 0.04
 [Al/Fe] e 21 1–2 0.42 0.12 ... ... 0.35 ...  < 0.34 0.44 ± 0.03 0.10 ± 0.07
 [Si/Fe]  21 2–4 0.24 0.07 0.28 ... ... 0.27 0.20 ± 0.02 0.25 ± 0.02 0.04 ± 0.03
 [Ca/Fe]  21 16 0.25 0.02 ... 0.37 ... 0.20 0.25 ± 0.02 0.25 ± 0.01  −0.00 ± 0.02
 [Sc/Fe]  21 5–6 0.11 0.03 ... ... ... ... 0.10 ± 0.01 0.12 ± 0.01 0.01 ± 0.01
 [Ti/Fe]  21 3–5 0.30 0.03 ... 0.22 ... 0.36 0.31 ± 0.01 0.30 ± 0.01  −0.02 ± 0.01
 [Cr/Fe]  21 1–2 0.02 0.05 ... ... ... ... 0.03 ± 0.01 0.02 ± 0.01  −0.01 ± 0.02
 [Mn/Fe]  17 1  −0.54 0.13 ... ... ... ...  −0.48 ± 0.09  −0.55 ± 0.03  −0.07 ± 0.09
 [Co/Fe]  13 1 0.10 0.10 ... ... ... ... 0.12 ± 0.08 0.09 ± 0.03  −0.03 ± 0.09
 [Ni/Fe]  21 8–13  −0.14 0.04 ... ... ... ...  −0.15 ± 0.03  −0.14 ± 0.01 0.01 ± 0.03
 [Cu/Fe]  13 1  −0.89 0.09 ... ... ... ...  −0.87 ± 0.05  −0.90 ± 0.03  −0.03 ± 0.06
 [Zn/Fe]  21 1 0.01 0.06 ... ... ... ... 0.02 ± 0.03 0.01 ± 0.02  −0.01 ± 0.03
 [Y/Fe]  21 2  −0.26 0.03 ... ... ...  −0.16  −0.29 ± 0.01  −0.25 ± 0.01 0.04 ± 0.01
 [Zr/Fe]  5 1 0.11 0.06 ... ... ... ... 0.14 ± 0.10 0.10 ± 0.03  −0.04 ± 0.11
 [Ba/Fe]  21 1–2  −0.08 0.05 ...  −0.18 ...  −0.16  −0.12 ± 0.04  −0.07 ± 0.01 0.05 ± 0.04
 [Ce/Fe]  4 1 0.42 0.04 ... ... ... ... 0.42 ± 0.14 0.42 ± 0.03 0.00 ± 0.14
 [Nd/Fe]  16 3–5 0.18 0.05 ... ... ... ... 0.14 ± 0.05 0.19 ± 0.01 0.05 ± 0.05
 [Eu/Fe]  8 1 0.40 0.06 ... ... ... ... 0.38 ± 0.05 0.41 ± 0.03 0.03 ± 0.06

Notes. Listed are also the mean abundances of the RGB stars characterised as belonging to the first generation ( ⟨ A(X) ⟩ I, 3 stars) and second generation ( ⟨ A(X) ⟩ II, 18 stars), as well as the difference between the two mean quantities.

(a)

Carretta et al. (2009a), mean of 13 targets. [Fe/H] based on FeI lines.

(b)

Korn et al. (2007), mean of six brightest targets.

(c)

Gratton et al. (2001), mean of three brightest targets.

(d)

Castilho et al. (2000), mean of ten brightest targets.

(e)

Upper limits treated as detections.

(f)

Asplund et al. (2009) solar abundances adopted.

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