The Evolution of Copper in the Globular Cluster Omega Centauri

Cunha, Katia; Smith, Verne V; Suntzeff, Nicholas B; Norris, John; Da Costa, Gary; Plez, Bertrand

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The Evolution of Copper in the Globular Cluster Omega Centauri

Date

2002

Authors

Cunha, Katia

Smith, Verne V

Suntzeff, Nicholas B

Norris, John

Da Costa, Gary

Plez, Bertrand

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Abstract

Copper abundances are presented for 40 red giant members of the massive Galactic globular cluster ω Centauri, as well as 15 red giant members of the globular clusters NGC 288, NGC 362, NGC 3201, NGC 6752, and M4 (NGC 6121). The spectra are of relatively