CAPOS: The bulge Cluster APOgee Survey V. Elemental abundances of the bulge globular cluster HP 1

Abstract

We have performed a detailed abundance analysis of 10 red giant members of the heavily obscured bulge globular cluster HP~1 using high-resolution, high S/N near-infrared spectra collected with the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment II survey (APOGEE-2), obtained as part of the bulge Cluster APOgee Survey (CAPOS). We investigate chemical abundances for a variety of species including the light (C,N), odd-Z (Al), $\hat{I}\pm$ (O,Mg,Si,S,Ca and Ti), Fe-peak (Ni,Fe), and neutron-capture (Ce) elements. The derived mean cluster metallicity is [Fe/H]$=-1.15\pm 0.03$, with no evidence for an intrinsic metallicity spread. HP~1 exhibits a typical $\hat{I}\pm$-enrichment that follows the trend for similar metallicity Galactic GCs, such as NGC~288 and NGC~5904, although our [Si/Fe] abundances are relatively high. We find a significant nitrogen spread ($\sim 1$ dex), and a large fraction of nitrogen-enhanced ([N/Fe]$>+0.7$) stars that populate the cluster. We also detect intrinsic star-to-star spreads in [C/Fe], [O/Fe], [Al/Fe], and [Ca/Fe], which are (anti)correlated with several chemical species, indicating the prevalence of the multiple-population phenomenon in HP 1. We have uncovered for the first time a possible correlation between Ca and Al, although the sample is small. The mean $⟨$[Mg/Fe]$⟩=+0.29$ and $⟨$[Al/Fe]$⟩=+0.46$ place HP~1 into the region dominated by \textit{in-situ} GCs, supporting the \textit{in-situ} nature of this cluster.

11 pages, 7 figures, 3 tables. Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics