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arxiv: 1309.2073 · v1 · pith:47I7BYPKnew · submitted 2013-09-09 · 🌌 astro-ph.SR

Why the globular cluster NGC 6752 contains no sodium-rich second-generation AGB star

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keywords globularsodium-richalongbranchclustergiantobservedpopulations
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(Abridged) Globular clusters host multiple stellar populations showing different sodium enrichments. These various populations can be observed along the main sequence, red giant and horizontal branch phases. Recently it was shown, however, that at least in the globular cluster NGC 6752, no sodium-rich stars are observed along the early asymptotic giant branch, posing an apparent problem for stellar evolution. We present an explanation for this lack of sodium-rich stars in this region of the colour-magnitude diagram.

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