Cyanogen strengths of globular cluster post-main-sequence stars
Journal Article
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· Astrophys. J., Lett.; (United States)
CN strengths in the peculiar clusters ..omega.. Cen and M22 and the metal-rich clusters 47 Tuc, M71, and NGC 6352 are found to vary markedly from star to star. The strong variations in CN strength found earlier for ..omega.. Cen by Norris and Bessell and by Dickens and Bell are shown to extend to fainter stars, although expected correlations of CN strength with position in the color-magnitude (C-M) diagram are less evident in our sample. Several CN and metal-strong stars were also observed in M22. We conclude that CN, once it appears in globular clusters, can vary much more than it does in equivalent Population I samples, a result we briefly examine in light of current understanding regarding physical processes in the stars themselves and of models of galactic chemical evolution. (AIP)
- Research Organization:
- Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
- OSTI ID:
- 7342917
- Journal Information:
- Astrophys. J., Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Astrophys. J., Lett.; (United States) Vol. 207:2; ISSN AJLEA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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