Neutron-capture elements in the metal-poor globular cluster M15
@article{Otsuki2005NeutroncaptureEI, title={Neutron-capture elements in the metal-poor globular cluster M15}, author={Kaori Otsuki and Satoshi Honda and Wako Aoki and Toshitaka Kajino and Grant J. Mathews}, journal={arXiv: Astrophysics}, year={2005} }
We report on observations of six giants in the globular cluster M15 (NGC 7078) using the Subaru Telescope to measure neutron-capture elemental abundances. Our abundance analyses based on high-quality blue spectra confirm the star-to-star scatter in the abundances of heavy neutron-capture elements (e.g., Eu), and no significant s-process contribution to them, as was found in previous studies. We have found, for the first time, that there are anti-correlations between the abundance ratios of…
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