On the metallicity distribution of the peculiar globular cluster M22
arXiv:1608.08297 · doi:10.3847/0067-0049/226/2/16
Abstract
In our previous study, we showed that the peculiar globular cluster (GC) M22 contains two distinct stellar populations, namely the Ca-w and Ca-s groups with different physical properties, having different chemical compositions, spatial distributions and kinematics. We proposed that M22 is most likely formed via a merger of two GCs with heterogeneous metallicities in a dwarf galaxy environment and accreted later to our Galaxy. In their recent study, Mucciarelli et al. claimed that M22 is a normal mono-metallic globular cluster without any perceptible metallicity spread among the two groups of stars, which challenges our results and those of others. We devise new strategies for the local thermodynamic equilibrium (LTE) abundance analysis of red giant branch (RGB) stars in GCs and show there exists a spread in the iron abundance distribution in M22.
arXiv commentAccepted for publication in ApJS
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