Abundances of LMC bar and disk stars

We obtained high-resolution and mid signal-to-noise ratio spectra with FLAMES/GIRAFFE at ESO/VLT (Proposals 072.B-0293(B) and 078.B-0323(A), P.I. Vanessa Hill) and performed a detailed chemical analysis of 106 and 58 LMC field red giant stars (mostly older than 1Gyr), located in the bar and the disc of the LMC respectively.

To validate our stellar parameter determinations and abundance measurement procedures, we performed thorough tests using the well-known mildly metal-poor Milky-Way thick disc giant Arcturus (HD 124897, alpha Boo). We measured elemental abundances for O, Mg, Si, Ca, Ti (alpha-elements), Na (light odd element), Sc, V, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu (iron-peak elements), Y, Zr, Ba, La and Eu (s- and r-elements). We used the automated tool DAOSPEC to measure the equivalent width (EW) and their associated error, and we used the grid of OSMARCS model atmospheres together with the spectrum synthesis code turbospectrum to convert the EW into abundances.