The GALAH Survey: Chemically tagging the Fimbulthul stream to the globular cluster $\omega$ Centauri
Jeffrey D. Simpson, Sarah L. Martell, Gary Da Costa, Jonathan Horner,, Rosemary F. G. Wyse, Yuan-Sen Ting, Martin Asplund, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Sven, Buder, Gayandhi M. De Silva, Ken C. Freeman, Janez Kos, Geraint F. Lewis,, Karin Lind, Sanjib Sharma, Daniel B. Zucker

TL;DR
This study uses Gaia kinematics and GALAH's elemental abundance data to identify and chemically confirm two stars in the Fimbulthul stream as originating from the globular cluster $mega$ Centauri, strengthening the link between the stream and the cluster.
Contribution
It provides the first chemical tagging of Fimbulthul stream stars to $mega$ Centauri, confirming their common origin beyond kinematic and metallicity data.
Findings
Two new Fimbulthul stream members chemically linked to $mega$ Centauri.
Stars show second population globular cluster abundance patterns.
Supports the association of the Fimbulthul stream with $mega$ Centauri.
Abstract
Using kinematics from Gaia and the large elemental abundance space of the second data release of the GALAH survey, we identify two new members of the Fimbulthul stellar stream, and chemically tag them to massive, multi-metallic globular cluster Centauri. Recent analysis of the second data release of Gaia had revealed the Fimbulthul stellar stream in the halo of the Milky Way. It had been proposed that the stream is associated with the Centauri, but this proposition relied exclusively upon the kinematics and metallicities of the stars to make the association. In this work, we find our two new members of the stream to be metal-poor stars that are enhanced in sodium and aluminium, typical of second population globular cluster stars, but not otherwise seen in field stars. Furthermore, the stars share the s-process abundance pattern seen in Centauri, which is rare…
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