J/AJ/154/155 Abundance variations in the outer halo GC NGC 6229 (Johnson+, 2017)
Light and heavy element abundance variations in the outer halo globular cluster
NGC 6229.
Johnson C.I., Caldwell N., Rich R.M., Walker M.G.
<Astron. J., 154, 155-155 (2017)>
=2017AJ....154..155J 2017AJ....154..155J (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
ADC_Keywords: Clusters, globular ; Stars, giant ; Photometry, infrared ;
Radial velocities ; Effective temperatures ; Abundances
Keywords: globular clusters: general - globular clusters: individual: NGC 6229 -
stars: abundances
Abstract:
NGC 6229 is a relatively massive outer halo globular cluster that is
primarily known for exhibiting a peculiar bimodal horizontal branch
morphology. Given the paucity of spectroscopic data on this cluster,
we present a detailed chemical composition analysis of 11 red giant branch
members based on high resolution (R∼38000), high S/N (>100) spectra
obtained with the MMT-Hectochelle instrument. We find the cluster to
have a mean heliocentric radial velocity of -138.1-1.0+1.0 km/s,
a small dispersion of 3.8-0.7+1.0 km/s, and a relatively low
(M/LV)☉=0.82-0.28+0.49. The cluster is moderately metal-poor
with <[Fe/H]≥-1.13 dex and a modest dispersion of 0.06 dex. However,
18% (2/11) of the stars in our sample have strongly enhanced [La,Nd/Fe]
ratios that are correlated with a small (∼0.05 dex) increase in [Fe/H].
NGC 6229 shares several chemical signatures with M75, NGC 1851, and
the intermediate metallicity populations of ω Cen, which lead us
to conclude that NGC 6229 is a lower mass iron-complex cluster. The
light elements exhibit the classical (anti-)correlations that extend
up to Si, but the cluster possesses a large gap in the O-Na plane that
separates first and second generation stars. NGC 6229 also has unusually
low [Na,Al/Fe] abundances that are consistent with an accretion origin.
A comparison with M54 and other Sagittarius clusters suggests that NGC 6229
could also be the remnant core of a former dwarf spheroidal galaxy.
Description:
The spectroscopic data for this project were obtained with the MMT
6.5 m telescope instrumented with the Hectochelle multi-fiber spectrograph
(Szentgyorgyi et al. 2011PASP..123.1188S 2011PASP..123.1188S) in clear weather on 2016
January 30 and 2016 April 22-30. We utilized the "Cu28" (11 hr), "CJ26"
(7 hr), and "OB24" (8 hr) filters to obtain high resolution (R∼38000),
high signal-to-noise ratio (S/N>100 per reduced pixel) spectra through
a series of 1 hr exposures.
Using coordinates and photometry from the Two Micron All Sky Survey
(2MASS; Skrutskie et al. 2006, Cat. VII/233), we targeted 57 upper red
giant branch (RGB) stars spanning ∼0.5'-20' from the cluster center.
Objects:
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RA (ICRS) DE Designation(s)
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16 46 58.64 +47 31 36.4 NGC 6229 = GCl 47
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File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
table1.dat 72 57 Star Identifiers, Coordinates, Photometry,
and Velocities
table2.dat 42 14 Model Atmosphere Parameters
table3.dat 39 88 Line List and Adopted Reference Abundances
table4.dat 79 14 Chemical Abundances and Uncertainties: Oxygen
to Calcium
table5.dat 79 14 Chemical Abundances and Uncertainties: Chromium
to Neodymium
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See also:
VII/233 : The 2MASS Extended sources (IPAC/UMass, 2003-2006)
J/AJ/101/1699 : Photometry in globular cluster NGC 6229 (Carney+, 1991)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1 A1 --- Memb [MN] Cluster membership flag (M=Cluster member,
N=Non-member)
3- 18 A16 --- 2MASS 2MASS star name (HHMMSSss+DDMMSSs)
20- 29 F10.6 deg RAdeg Right Ascension in decimal degrees (J2000)
31- 39 F9.6 deg DEdeg Declination in decimal degrees (J2000)
41- 46 F6.3 mag Jmag [12.315/14.893] 2MASS J band magnitude
48- 53 F6.3 mag Hmag [11.463/14.527] 2MASS H band magnitude
55- 60 F6.3 mag Ksmag [11.283/14.158] 2MASS Ks band magnitude
62- 67 F6.1 km/s HRV [-162.7/7.9] Heliocentric radial velocity
69- 72 F4.1 km/s e_HRV [0.2/33.3] Uncertainty in HRV
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 16 A16 --- 2MASS 2MASS star name (HHMMSSss+DDMMSSs)
18- 21 I4 K Teff [3925/4450]? Effective temperature
23- 26 F4.2 [cm/s2] logg [0.7/1.6]? Surface gravity (in cgs units)
28- 32 F5.2 [-] [Fe/H] [-1.23/-1.04]? Metallicity (in dex)
34- 37 F4.2 [-] e_[Fe/H] [0.04/0.05]? Uncertainty in [Fe/H]
39- 42 F4.2 km/s ksi [1.4/2.2]? Microturbulence velocity ξmic
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 7 F7.2 0.1nm lambda [5731.76/6862.48] Wavelength (Å)
9- 13 A5 --- Species Species identifier
15- 18 F4.2 eV EP [0/5.86] Lower excitation potential
20- 25 F6.3 [-] log(gf) [-9.75/-0.183]? Log of the oscillator strength
27- 29 A3 --- n_log(gf) [hfs ] Note on log(gf) (1)
31- 34 F4.2 [-] logEsun [1.13/8.69] Adopted solar abundance
logε(X)☉ (in dex)
36- 39 F4.2 [-] logeEarc [0.57/8.63] Adopted Arcturus abundance
logε(X)Arcturus (in dex)
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Note (1): Note as follows:
hfs = We adopted the hyperfine structure and isotope line lists of
Cunha et al. (2002AJ....124..379C 2002AJ....124..379C) and Lawler et al.
(2001ApJ...556..452L 2001ApJ...556..452L) for Cu I and La II, respectively.
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table4.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 16 A16 --- 2MASS 2MASS star name (HHMMSSss+DDMMSSs)
18- 22 F5.2 [-] [O/Fe] [-0.11/0.71]? [O/Fe] abundance (in dex)
24- 27 F4.2 [-] e_[O/Fe] [0.07]? Uncertainty in [O/Fe] (in dex)
29- 33 F5.2 [-] [Na/Fe] [-0.58/0.25]? [Na/Fe] abundance (in dex)
35- 38 F4.2 [-] e_[Na/Fe] [0.11]? Uncertainty in [Na/Fe] (in dex)
40- 43 F4.2 [-] [Mg/Fe] [0.05/0.34]? [Mg/Fe] abundance (in dex)
45- 48 F4.2 [-] e_[Mg/Fe] [0.06]? Uncertainty in [Mg/Fe] (in dex)
50- 54 F5.2 [-] [Al/Fe] [-0.45/0.39]? [Al/Fe] abundance (in dex)
56- 59 F4.2 [-] e_[Al/Fe] [0.1]? Uncertainty in [Al/Fe] (in dex)
61- 64 F4.2 [-] [Si/Fe] [0.18/0.38]? [Si/Fe] abundance (in dex)
66- 69 F4.2 [-] e_[Si/Fe] [0.08/0.14]? Uncertainty in [Si/Fe] (in dex)
71- 74 F4.2 [-] [Ca/Fe] [0.06/0.34]? [Ca/Fe] abundance (in dex)
76- 79 F4.2 [-] e_[Ca/Fe] [0.12]? Uncertainty in [Ca/Fe] (in dex)
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table5.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 16 A16 --- 2MASS 2MASS star name (HHMMSSss+DDMMSSs)
18- 22 F5.2 [-] [Cr/Fe] [-0.13/0.06]? [Cr/Fe] abundance (in dex)
24- 27 F4.2 [-] e_[Cr/Fe] [0.12/0.14]? Uncertainty in [Cr/Fe] (in dex)
29- 33 F5.2 [-] [Ni/Fe] [-0.19/-0.05]? [Ni/Fe] abundance (in dex)
35- 38 F4.2 [-] e_[Ni/Fe] [0.03/0.06]? Uncertainty in [Ni/Fe] (in dex)
40- 44 F5.2 [-] [Cu/Fe] [-0.53/-0.39]? [Cu/Fe] abundance (in dex)
46- 49 F4.2 [-] e_[Cu/Fe] [0.09]? Uncertainty in [Cu/Fe] (in dex)
51- 54 F4.2 [-] [Zr/Fe] [0.21/0.87]? [Zr/Fe] abundance (in dex)
56- 59 F4.2 [-] e_[Zr/Fe] [0.12/0.17]? Uncertainty in [Zr/Fe] (in dex)
61- 64 F4.2 [-] [La/Fe] [0.22/0.99]? [La/Fe] abundance (in dex)
66- 69 F4.2 [-] e_[La/Fe] [0.05/0.08]? Uncertainty in [La/Fe] (in dex)
71- 74 F4.2 [-] [Nd/Fe] [0.2/0.86]? [Nd/Fe] abundance (in dex)
76- 79 F4.2 [-] e_[Nd/Fe] [0.05/0.14]? Uncertainty in [Nd/Fe] (in dex)
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