M31 GLOBULAR CLUSTER ABUNDANCES FROM HIGH-RESOLUTION, INTEGRATED-LIGHT SPECTROSCOPY

Colucci, Janet E; Bernstein, Rebecca A; Cameron, Scott; McWilliam, Andrew

doi:10.1088/0004-637X/704/1/385

Title: M31 GLOBULAR CLUSTER ABUNDANCES FROM HIGH-RESOLUTION, INTEGRATED-LIGHT SPECTROSCOPY

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We report the first detailed chemical abundances for five globular clusters (GCs) in M31 from high-resolution (R approx 25,000) spectroscopy of their integrated light (IL). These GCs are the first in a larger set of clusters observed as part of an ongoing project to study the formation history of M31 and its GC population. The data presented here were obtained with the HIRES echelle spectrograph on the Keck I telescope and are analyzed using a new IL spectra analysis method that we have developed. In these clusters, we measure abundances for Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Y, and Ba, ages >=10 Gyr, and a range in [Fe/H] of -0.9 to -2.2. As is typical of Milky Way GCs, we find these M31 GCs to be enhanced in the alpha-elements Ca, Si, and Ti relative to Fe. We also find [Mg/Fe] to be low relative to other [alpha/Fe], and [Al/Fe] to be enhanced in the IL abundances. These results imply that abundances of Mg, Al (and likely O, Na) recovered from IL do display the inter- and intra-cluster abundance variations seen in individual Milky Way GC stars, and that special care should be takenmore »« less

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Colucci, Janet E ^[1]; Bernstein, Rebecca A ^[2]; Cameron, Scott ^[3]; McWilliam, Andrew ^[4]

UCO/Lick Observatory, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 (United States)
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1156 High Street, UCO/Lick Observatory, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 (United States)
Astronomy Department, 500 Church Street, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1090 (United States)
The Observatories of the Carnegie Institute of Washington, 813 Santa Barbara Street, Pasadena, CA 91101-1292 (United States)

Publication Date:: Sat Oct 10 00:00:00 EDT 2009

OSTI Identifier:: 21367456

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Astrophysical Journal

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 704; Journal Issue: 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/704/1/385; Journal ID: ISSN 0004-637X

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 79 ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; ABSORPTION; ABUNDANCE; IRON-ALPHA; MILKY WAY; NEUTRON REACTIONS; RESOLUTION; SPECTRA; SPECTROSCOPY; STAR CLUSTERS; STARS; TELESCOPES; BARYON REACTIONS; ELEMENTS; GALAXIES; HADRON REACTIONS; IRON; METALS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEON REACTIONS; SORPTION; TRANSITION ELEMENTS

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                    Colucci, Janet E, Bernstein, Rebecca A, Cameron, Scott, McWilliam, Andrew, and Cohen, Judith G., E-mail: jcolucci@ucolick.or, E-mail: sacamero@umich.ed, E-mail: rab@ucolick.or, E-mail: andy@ociw.ed, E-mail: jlc@astro.caltech.ed. M31 GLOBULAR CLUSTER ABUNDANCES FROM HIGH-RESOLUTION, INTEGRATED-LIGHT SPECTROSCOPY.  United States: N. p., 2009. 
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                    Colucci, Janet E, Bernstein, Rebecca A, Cameron, Scott, McWilliam, Andrew, & Cohen, Judith G., E-mail: jcolucci@ucolick.or, E-mail: sacamero@umich.ed, E-mail: rab@ucolick.or, E-mail: andy@ociw.ed, E-mail: jlc@astro.caltech.ed. M31 GLOBULAR CLUSTER ABUNDANCES FROM HIGH-RESOLUTION, INTEGRATED-LIGHT SPECTROSCOPY.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/704/1/385

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                    Colucci, Janet E, Bernstein, Rebecca A, Cameron, Scott, McWilliam, Andrew, and Cohen, Judith G., E-mail: jcolucci@ucolick.or, E-mail: sacamero@umich.ed, E-mail: rab@ucolick.or, E-mail: andy@ociw.ed, E-mail: jlc@astro.caltech.ed. 2009.  
        "M31 GLOBULAR CLUSTER ABUNDANCES FROM HIGH-RESOLUTION, INTEGRATED-LIGHT SPECTROSCOPY".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/704/1/385.

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@article{osti_21367456,

  title        = {M31 GLOBULAR CLUSTER ABUNDANCES FROM HIGH-RESOLUTION, INTEGRATED-LIGHT SPECTROSCOPY},

  author       = {Colucci, Janet E and Bernstein, Rebecca A and Cameron, Scott and McWilliam, Andrew and Cohen, Judith G., E-mail: jcolucci@ucolick.or, E-mail: sacamero@umich.ed, E-mail: rab@ucolick.or, E-mail: andy@ociw.ed, E-mail: jlc@astro.caltech.ed},

  abstractNote = {We report the first detailed chemical abundances for five globular clusters (GCs) in M31 from high-resolution (R approx 25,000) spectroscopy of their integrated light (IL). These GCs are the first in a larger set of clusters observed as part of an ongoing project to study the formation history of M31 and its GC population. The data presented here were obtained with the HIRES echelle spectrograph on the Keck I telescope and are analyzed using a new IL spectra analysis method that we have developed. In these clusters, we measure abundances for Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Y, and Ba, ages >=10 Gyr, and a range in [Fe/H] of -0.9 to -2.2. As is typical of Milky Way GCs, we find these M31 GCs to be enhanced in the alpha-elements Ca, Si, and Ti relative to Fe. We also find [Mg/Fe] to be low relative to other [alpha/Fe], and [Al/Fe] to be enhanced in the IL abundances. These results imply that abundances of Mg, Al (and likely O, Na) recovered from IL do display the inter- and intra-cluster abundance variations seen in individual Milky Way GC stars, and that special care should be taken in the future in interpreting low- or high-resolution IL abundances of GCs that are based on Mg-dominated absorption features. Fe-peak and the neutron-capture elements Ba and Y also follow Milky Way abundance trends. We also present high-precision velocity dispersion measurements for all five M31 GCs, as well as independent constraints on the reddening toward the clusters from our analysis.},

  doi          = {10.1088/0004-637X/704/1/385},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/21367456},
  journal      = {Astrophysical Journal},

  issn         = {0004-637X},

  number       = 1,

  volume       = 704,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Sat Oct 10 00:00:00 EDT 2009},

  month        = {Sat Oct 10 00:00:00 EDT 2009}

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