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NGC 5694: another foster son of the Galactic Halo

A. Mucciarelli, M. Bellazzini, M. Catelan, E. Dalessandro, P. Amigo, M. Correnti, C. Cortés, V. D'Orazi

Published 2013-08-30Version 1

We present the results of the analysis of high-resolution spectra obtained with UVES-FLAMES@VLT for six red giant branch stars in the outer-halo metal-poor ([Fe/H]I=-1.98 and [Fe/H]II=-1.83) Galactic globular cluster NGC 5694, which has been suggested as a possible incomer by Lee et al. (2006) based on the anomalous chemical composition of a single cluster giant. We obtain accurate abundances for a large number of elements and we find that: (a) the six target stars have the same chemical composition within the uncertainties, except for Na and Al; (b) the average cluster abundance of \alpha\ elements (with the only exception of Si) is nearly solar, at odds with typical halo stars and globular clusters of similar metallicity; (c) Y, Ba, La and Eu abundances are also significantly lower than in Galactic field stars and star clusters of similar metallicity. Hence we confirm the Lee et al. classification of NGC 5694 as a cluster of extra-galactic origin. We provide the first insight on the Na-O and Mg-Al anti-correlations in this cluster: all the considered stars have very similar abundance ratios for these elements, except one that has significantly lower [Na/Fe] and [Al/Fe] ratios, suggesting that some degree of early self-enrichment has occurred also in this cluster.

Comments: Accepted for publication by MNRAS. 15 pages, 8 figures, 4 tables
Categories: astro-ph.SR, astro-ph.GA
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