X-shooter GTO observations and chemical tagging of two main-sequence stars in the globular cluster NGC 2808

Bragaglia, Angela; Carretta, Eugenio; Gratton, Raffaele G.; Lucatello, Sara; Milone, Antonino; Piotto, G; D'Orazi, Valentina; Cassisi, S; Sneden, Chris; Bedin, L R

X-shooter GTO observations and chemical tagging of two main-sequence stars in the globular cluster NGC 2808

Date

2011

Authors

Bragaglia, Angela

Carretta, Eugenio

Gratton, Raffaele G.

Lucatello, Sara

Milone, Antonino

Piotto, G

D'Orazi, Valentina

Cassisi, S

Sneden, Chris

Bedin, L R

Publisher

Wiley-VCH Verlag GMBH

Abstract

We observed two main sequence stars in the globular cluster NGC 2808, using X-shooter. We selected one of the targets on the blue main sequence (bMS) and one on the red main sequence (rMS) and measured abundances for several light elements that are expected to be different in stars of first and second generations in globular clusters. The differences between the bMS and the rMS stars amply exceed the errors and is in agreement with a difference in products of hydrogen burning at high temperature. More data are required to put the findings on more solid basis and to try to distinguish between the different models proposed to explain the formation of globular clusters.