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Spectroscopy of Terzan 5

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We present the chemical abundance analysis of 33 red giant stars belonging to the complex stellar system Terzan 5.

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We confirm the discovery of two stellar populations with distinct iron abundances: a relatively metal-poor component with [Fe/H]=-0.25+/-0.07rms and another component with [Fe/H]=+0.27+/-0.04rms, exceeding in metallicity any known Galactic globular cluster (GC). The two populations also show different [{alpha}/Fe] abundance ratios.

The metal-poor component has an average [{alpha}/Fe]=+0.34+/-0.06rms, consistent with the canonical scenario for rapid enrichment by core collapse supernovae (SNe). The metal-rich component has [{alpha}/Fe]=+0.03+/-0.04rms, suggesting that the gas from which it formed was polluted by both type II and type Ia SNe on a longer timescale. Neither of the two populations shows evidence of the [Al/Fe] over [O/Fe] anti-correlation that is typically observed in Galactic GCs.

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Because these chemical abundance patterns are unique, we propose that Terzan 5 is not a true GC, but a stellar system with a much more complex history of star formation and chemical enrichment.

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