Cosmological Insights into the Early Accretion of r -process-enhanced Stars. I. A Comprehensive Chemodynamical Analysis of LAMOST J1109+0754
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Mardini, Mohammad K
Placco, Vinicius M
Meiron, Yohai
Ishchenko, Marina
Avramov, Branislav
Mazzarini, Matteo
Berczik, Peter
Sedda, Manuel Arca
Beers, Timothy C
Frebel, Anna
Date Issued
2020
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Astrophysical Journal
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American Astronomical Society
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Mardini, Mohammad K, Placco, Vinicius M, Meiron, Yohai, Ishchenko, Marina, Avramov, Branislav et al. 2020. "Cosmological Insights into the Early Accretion of r -process-enhanced Stars. I. A Comprehensive Chemodynamical Analysis of LAMOST J1109+0754." Astrophysical Journal, 903 (2).
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Abstract
This study presents a comprehensive chemodynamical analysis of LAMOST J1109+0754, a bright (V = 12.8), extremely metal-poor ([Fe/H] = -3.17) star, with a strong r-process enhancement ([Eu/Fe] = +0.94 ± 0.12). Our results are based on the 7D measurements supplied by Gaia and the chemical composition derived from a high-resolution (R ∼ 110,000), high signal-to-noise ratio (S N ∼ 60) optical spectrum obtained by the 2.4 m Automated Planet Finder Telescope at Lick Observatory. We obtain chemical abundances of 31 elements (from lithium to thorium). The abundance ratios ([X/Fe]) of the light elements (Z ≤ 30) suggest a massive Population III progenitor in the 13.4-29.5M⊙ mass range. The heavy-element (30 < Z ≤ 90) abundance pattern of J1109+075 agrees extremely well with the scaled-solar r-process signature. We have developed a novel approach to trace the kinematic history and orbital evolution of J1109+0754 with a cOsmologically deRIved timE-varyiNg Galactic poTential (the ORIENT) constructed from snapshots of a simulated Milky Way analog taken from the Illustris-TNG simulation. The orbital evolution within this Milky Way-like galaxy, along with the chemical abundance pattern, implies that J1109+0754 likely originated in a low-mass dwarf galaxy located ∼60 kpc from the center of the Galaxy, which was accreted ∼6-7 Gyr ago, and that the star now belongs to the outer-halo population.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
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https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ABBC13
