Evidence for multiple populations in the intermediate-age cluster Lindsay 1 in the SMC
Lindsay 1 is an intermediate-age (≈8 Gyr) massive cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud. Using VLT FORS2 spectra of 16 probable cluster members on the lower red giant branch of the cluster, we measure CN and CH band strengths (at ≃ 3883 and 4300 Å, respectively), along with carbon and nitrogen abun...
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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2017
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Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Letters
Year: 2017, Volume: 465, Issue: 1, Pages: L39-L43 |
| ISSN: | 1745-3933 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/mnrasl/slw179 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slw179 Verlag, Volltext: https://academic.oup.com/mnrasl/article/465/1/L39/2435127/Evidence-for-multiple-populations-in-the 
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| Author Notes: | K. Hollyhead, N. Kacharov, C. Lardo, N. Bastian, M. Hilker, M. Rejkuba, A. Koch, E.K. Grebel, I. Georgiev |
| Summary: | Lindsay 1 is an intermediate-age (≈8 Gyr) massive cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud. Using VLT FORS2 spectra of 16 probable cluster members on the lower red giant branch of the cluster, we measure CN and CH band strengths (at ≃ 3883 and 4300 Å, respectively), along with carbon and nitrogen abundances and find that a sub-population of stars has significant nitrogen enrichment. A lack of spread in carbon abundances excludes evolutionary mixing as the source of this enrichment, so we conclude that this is evidence of multiple populations. Therefore, Lindsay 1 is the youngest cluster to show such variations, implying that the process triggering the onset of multiple populations must operate until at least redshift ∼1. |
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| Item Description: | Published: 12 September 2016 Gesehen am 30.08.2017 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1745-3933 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/mnrasl/slw179 |