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Table 2

Kinematics of Na-rich* and Na-poor* stars in selected clusters.

Clus. [Na/Fe]Tr*  ⟨RVNa−poor⟩  σNa−poor NNa−poor  ⟨RVNa−rich⟩  σNa−rich NNa−rich Fr/pa Prob.a
[km s-1] [km s-1] [km s-1] [km s-1]

NGC 2808 0.4 103.7 10.2 82 99.4 7.5 41 1.864 0.008
0.5 103.2 10.0 98 98.5 6.6 25 2.269 0.002
NGC 6388 0.4 84.4 9.6 17 81.1 7.2 18 1.732 0.132
0.5 83.4 9.3 24 81.1 6.6 11 1.957 0.082
NGC 6441 0.4 19.2 13.7 13 23.6 12.5 16 1.202 0.373
0.5 22.2 15.0 17 20.8 10.1 12 2.203 0.067
NGC 6752 0.4 –26.4 5.7 51 –26.4 5.0 62 1.302 0.166
0.5 –26.4 5.6 60 –26.2 5.0 53 1.248 0.202
NGC 6809 0.4 175.0 4.0 58 174.8 3.6 64 1.263 0.184
0.5 174.7 3.9 83 175.3 3.5 39 1.254 0.194

Notes. 

(*)

The definition of Na-rich and Na-poor: Na-rich stars have [Na/Fe]  ≥  Tr, while Na-poor stars have [Na/Fe]  <  [Na/Fe]Tr.

(a)

; Prob. = probability that the two samples have the same variance, according to the F-test.

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