• Title of article

    Chemical composition of stellar populations in ω Centauri

  • Author/Authors

    A. F. Marino، نويسنده , , G. Piotto، نويسنده , , R. Gratton and S. Randich، نويسنده , , A. P. Milone، نويسنده , , M. Zoccali، نويسنده , , L. R. Bedin، نويسنده , , S. Villanova، نويسنده , , A. Bellini، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2009
  • Pages
    2
  • From page
    183
  • To page
    184
  • Abstract
    We derive abundances of Fe, Na, O, α and s-elements from GIRAFFE@VLT spectra for more than 200 red giant stars in the Milky Way satellite ω Centauri. Our preliminary results are that: (i) we confirm that ω Centauri exhibits large star-to-star metallicity variation (∼ 1.4 dex); (ii) the metallicity distribution reveals the presence of at least five stellar populations with different [Fe/H]; (iii) a distinct Na-O anticorrelation is clearly observed for the metal-poor and metal-intermediate stellar populations while apparently the anticorrelation disappears for the most metal rich populations. Interestingly the Na level grows with iron.
  • Keywords
    Globular clusters: individual (Omega Centauri) , Galaxy: stellar content
  • Journal title
    Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
  • Serial Year
    2009
  • Journal title
    Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
  • Record number

    675114