Bibcode
Casamiquela, L.; Carrera, R.; Blanco-Cuaresma, S.; Jordi, C.; Balaguer-Núñez, L.; Pancino, E.; Anders, F.; Chiappini, C.; Díaz-Pérez, L.; Aguado, D. S.; Aparicio, A.; Garcia-Dias, R.; Heiter, U.; Martínez-Vázquez, C. E.; Murabito, S.; del Pino, A.
Bibliographical reference
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 470, Issue 4, p.4363-4381
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2017
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46
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Description
Open clusters have long been used to study the chemodynamical evolution
of the Galactic disc. This requires a homogeneously analysed sample
covering a wide range of ages and distances. In this paper, we present
the Open Clusters Chemical Abundances from Spanish Observatories
(OCCASO) second data release. This comprises a sample of high-resolution
(R > 65 000) and high signal-to-noise spectra of 115 red clump stars
in 18 open clusters. We derive atmospheric parameters (Teff,
log g, ξ), and [Fe/H] abundances using two analysis techniques:
equivalent widths and spectral synthesis. A detailed comparison and a
critical review of the results of the two methods are made. Both methods
are carefully tested between them, with the Gaia FGK benchmark stars,
and with an extensive sample of literature values. We perform a
membership study using radial velocities and the resulting abundances.
Finally, we compare our results with a chemodynamical model of the Milky
Way thin disc concluding that the oldest open clusters are consistent
with the models only when dynamical effects are taken into account.
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