The R-Process Alliance: Spectroscopic Follow-up of Low-metallicity Star Candidates from the Best & Brightest Survey
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Ezzeddine, Rana
Frebel, Anna L.
Date Issued
January 2019
Journal
Astrophysical Journal
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American Astronomical Society
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Placco, Vinicius M. et al. “The R-Process Alliance: Spectroscopic Follow-up of Low-metallicity Star Candidates from the Best & Brightest Survey.” Astrophysical Journal, 870, 2 (January 2019): 122 © 2019 The Author(s)
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Abstract
We present results from an observing campaign to identify low-metallicity stars in the Best & Brightest Survey. From medium-resolution (R ∼ 1200-2000) spectroscopy of 857 candidates, we estimate the stellar atmospheric parameters (Teff, log, g, and [Fe/H]), as well as carbon and α-element abundances. We find that 69% of the observed stars have ≤ -1.0, 39% have ≤ -2.0, and 2% have ≤ -3.0. There are also 133 carbon-enhanced metal-poor (CEMP) stars in this sample, with 97 CEMP Group I and 36 CEMP Group II stars identified in the A(C) versus [Fe/H] diagram. A subset of the confirmed low-metallicity stars were followed-up with high-resolution spectroscopy, as part of the R-process Alliance, with the goal of identifying new highly and moderately r-process-enhanced stars. Comparison between the stellar atmospheric parameters estimated in this work and from high-resolution spectroscopy exhibit good agreement, confirming our expectation that medium-resolution observing campaigns are an effective way of selecting interesting stars for further, more targeted, efforts.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
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https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/AAF3B9
