2MASS J15213995-3538094 abundances from high-res. sp. Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Cain M.
  2. Frebel A.
  3. Ji A.P.
  4. Placco V.M.
  5. Ezzeddine R.
  6. Roederer I.U.,Hattori K.
  7. Beers T.C.
  8. Melendez J.
  9. Hansen T.T.
  10. Sakari C.M.
  11. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We report the discovery of J1521-3538, a bright (V=12.2), very metal-poor ([Fe/H]=-2.8) strongly r-process-enhanced field horizontal branch star, based on a high-resolution, high signal-to-noise Magellan/MIKE spectrum. J1521-3538 shows the largest r-process element overabundance in any known r-process-enhanced star, with [Eu/Fe]=+2.2, and its chemical abundances of 22 neutron-capture elements closely match the scaled solar r-process pattern. J1521-3538 is also one of few known carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars with r-process enhancement (CEMP-r stars), as found after correcting the measured C abundance for the star's evolutionary status. We propose to extend the existing classification of moderately enhanced (+0.3<=[Eu/Fe]<=+1.0) r-I and strongly r-process enhanced ([Eu/Fe]>+1.0) r-II stars to include an r-III class, for r-process stars such as J1521-3538, with [Eu/Fe]>+2.0 and [Ba/Eu]{<}-0.5, or >=100 times the solar ratio of europium to iron. Using cosmochronometry, we estimate J1521-3538 to be 12.5+/-5Gyr and 8.9+/-5Gyr, using two different sets of initial production ratios. These ages are based on measurements of the Th line at 4019{AA} and other r-process element abundances. This is broadly consistent with the old age of a low-mass, metal-poor field red horizontal branch star. J1521-3538 likely originated in a low-mass dwarf galaxy that was later accreted by the Milky Way, as evidenced by its highly eccentric orbit.

Keywords
  1. chemical-abundances
  2. line-intensities
  3. chemically-peculiar-stars
  4. visible-astronomy
  5. spectroscopy
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2020ApJ...898...40C
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doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.18980040

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