Potential omega Cen associate EW

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Globular clusters (GCs) are important donors to the build-up of the Milky Way (MW) stellar halo, having contributed at the ten percent level over the Galactic history. Stars that originated from the second generation of dissolved or dissolving clusters can be readily identified via distinct light-element signatures such as enhanced N and Na and simultaneously depleted C and O abundances. In this paper we present an extensive chemical abundance analysis of the halo star J110842, which was previously kinematically associated with the massive MW GC {omega} Centauri ({omega} Cen), and we discuss viable scenarios from escape to encounter. Based on a high-resolution, high signal-to-noise spectrum of this star using the UVES spectrograph, we were able to measure 33 species of 31 elements across all nucleosynthetic channels. The star's low metallicity of [FeII/H]=2.10+/-0.02(stat.)+/-0.07(sys.) dex places it in the lower sixth percentile of {omega} Cen's metallicity distribution. We find that all of the heavier-element abundances, from - and Fepeak elements to neutron-capture elements are closely compatible with {omega} Cen's broad abundance distribution. However, given the major overlap of this object's abundances with the bulk of all of the MW components, this does not allow for a clear-cut distinction of the star's origin. In contrast, our measurements of an enhancement in CN and its position on the Na-strong locus of the Na-O anticorrelation render it conceivable that it originally formed as a second-generation GC star, lending support to a former association of this halo star with the massive GC {omega} Cen.

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DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.36450064
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/645/A64
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Creator Koch-Hansen; A.; Hansen; C.J.; Lombardo; L.; Bonifacio; P.; Hanke; M.,Caffau. E.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2021
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Interdisciplinary Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics