@inbook{41fe9c16a42442cc90f56d0b356a535b,
title = "Chemical abundances in tidally disrupted globular clusters",
abstract = "We present abundance measurements in the tidally disrupted globular cluster NGC 6712. In this cluster, there are large star-to-star variations of the light elements C, N, O, F and Na. While such abundance variations are seen in every well-studied globular cluster, they are not found in field stars and indicate that clusters like NGC 6712 cannot provide many field stars and/or field stars do not form in environments with chemical-enrichment histories like those of NGC 6712. Preliminary analysis of NGC 5466, another tidally disrupted cluster, suggests little (if any) abundance variation for O and Na and the abundance ratios [X/Fe] are comparable to field stars at the same metallicity. Therefore, globular clusters like NGC 5466 may have been Galactic building blocks.",
keywords = "Galaxy: abundances, Globular clusters: individual (NGC 5466, NGC 6712), Stars: abundances",
author = "D. Yong and J. Mel{\'e}ndez and K. Cunha and Karakas, {A. I.} and Norris, {J. E.} and Smith, {V. V.}",
year = "2009",
doi = "10.1017/S1743921309991001",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9780521764995",
series = "Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union",
number = "S266",
pages = "157--160",
editor = "{de Grijs}, Richard and {de Grijs}, Richard and Jacques Lepine",
booktitle = "Star clusters",
edition = "S266",
}