Zirconium, barium, lanthanum, and europium abundances in open clusters The MIT Faculty has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters. Citation Jacobson, Heather R., and Eileen D. Friel. “Zirconium, Barium, Lanthanum, and Europium Abundances in Open Clusters.” The Astronomical Journal 145, no. 4 (March 14, 2013): 107. © 2013 The American Astronomical Society As Published http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/145/4/107 Publisher IOP Publishing Version Final published version Citable link http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/92728 Terms of Use Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. The Astronomical Journal, 145:107 (23pp), 2013 April doi:10.1088/0004-6256/145/4/107 C 2013. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. ZIRCONIUM, BARIUM, LANTHANUM, AND EUROPIUM ABUNDANCES IN OPEN CLUSTERS Heather R. Jacobson1,3,4,5 and Eileen D. Friel2 1 Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA;
[email protected] 2 Department of Astronomy, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA;
[email protected] Received 2012 November 11; accepted 2013 February 11; published 2013 March 14 ABSTRACT We present an analysis of the s-process elements Zr, Ba, and La and the r-process element Eu in a sample of 50 stars in 19 open clusters. Stellar abundances of each element are based on measures of a minimum of two lines per species via both equivalent width and spectrum synthesis techniques.