Bibcode
Milone, A. P.; Marino, A. F.; Piotto, G.; Bedin, L. R.; Anderson, J.; Aparicio, A.; Cassisi, S.; Rich, R. M.
Bibliographical reference
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 745, Issue 1, article id. 27 (2012).
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Description
High-precision multi-band Hubble Space Telescope (HST) photometry
reveals that the main sequence of the globular cluster NGC 6397 splits
into two components, containing ~30% and ~70% of the stars. This double
sequence is consistent with the idea that the cluster hosts two stellar
populations: (1) a primordial population that has a composition similar
to field stars, containing ~30% of the stars, and (2) a second
generation with enhanced sodium and nitrogen, depleted carbon and
oxygen, and a slightly enhanced helium abundance (ΔY ~ 0.01). We
examine the color difference between the two sequences across a variety
of color baselines and find that the second sequence is anomalously
faint in m F336W. Theoretical isochrones indicate that this
could be due to NH depletion.
Based on observations with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, obtained
at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by AURA,
Inc., under NASA contract NAS 5-26555.
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