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CAPOS: The bulge Cluster APOgee Survey III. Spectroscopic Tomography of Tonantzintla 2

Authors :
Fernández-Trincado, José G.
Villanova, Sandro
Geisler, Doug
Barbuy, Beatriz
Minniti, Dante
Beers, Timothy C.
Mészáros, Szabolcs
Tang, Baitian
Cohen, Roger E.
Bidin, Cristian Moni
Garro, Elisa R.
Baeza, Ian
Muñoz, Cesar
Source :
A&A 658, A116 (2022)
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

(ABRIDGED) We have performed the first detailed spectral analysis of red giant members of the relatively high-metallicity globular cluster (GC) Tononzintla~2 (Ton~2) using high-resolution near-infrared spectra collected with the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment II survey (APOGEE-2), obtained as part of the bulge Cluster APOgee Survey. We investigate chemical abundances for a variety of species including the light-, odd-Z, $\alpha$-, Fe-peak, and neutron-capture elements from high S/N spectra of seven giant members. The derived mean cluster metallicity is [Fe/H]$=-0.70\pm0.05$, with no evidence for an intrinsic metallicity spread. Ton~2 exhibits a typical $\alpha$-enrichment that follows the trend for high-metallicity Galactic GCs, similar to that seen in 47~Tucanae and NGC~6380. We find a significant nitrogen spread ($>0.87$ dex), and a large fraction of nitrogen-enriched stars that populate the cluster. Given the relatively high-metallicity of Ton~2, these nitrogen-enriched stars are well above the typical Galactic levels, indicating the prevalence of the multiple-population phenomenon in this cluster which also contains several stars with typical low, first-generation N abundances. We also identify the presence of [Ce/Fe] abundance spread in Ton~2, which is correlated with the nitrogen enhancement, indicating that the \textit{s}-process enrichment in this cluster has been produced likely by relatively low-mass Asymptotic Giant Branch stars. Furthermore, we find a mean radial velocity of the cluster, $-178.6\pm0.86$ km s$^{-1}$ with a small velocity dispersion, 2.99$\pm$0.61 km s$^{-1}$, which is typical of a GC. We also find a prograde bulge-like orbit for Ton~2 that appears to be radial and highly eccentric.<br />Comment: Accepted for publication in A&A; 12 pages, 9 figures, 2 tables. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2106.00027

Details

Database :
arXiv
Journal :
A&A 658, A116 (2022)
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2110.10700
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202141742