A Reinvestigation of the Possible Metallicity Spread in NGC 3201

We have conducted a reanalysis of the metallicity of six red giants within NGC 3201 on the basis of a new homogeneous set of spectra with resolution ∼30,000. Iron line strengths and the MOOG software suite were used to derive metallicities based on spectroscopically and photometrically estimated val...

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Veröffentlicht in:Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2003-07, Vol.115 (809), p.819-824
Hauptverfasser: Covey, Kevin R., Wallerstein, George, Gonzalez, Guillermo, Vanture, Andrew D., Suntzeff, Nicholas B.
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Zusammenfassung:We have conducted a reanalysis of the metallicity of six red giants within NGC 3201 on the basis of a new homogeneous set of spectra with resolution ∼30,000. Iron line strengths and the MOOG software suite were used to derive metallicities based on spectroscopically and photometrically estimated values ofT effand log g. We cannot confirm the presence of a significant spread in metallicity within the cluster greater than about 0.3 dex nor any significant correlation between metallicity and temperature, as first suggested by Gonzalez & Wallerstein. We call attention to the possibility that differences in boundary temperature for stars of the sameT effmay lead to apparent differences in metallicity.
ISSN:0004-6280
1538-3873
DOI:10.1086/376394