NUCLEOSYNTHESIS IN A PRIMORDIAL SUPERNOVA: CARBON AND OXYGEN ABUNDANCES IN SMSS J031300.36–670839.3
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Bessell, Michael S.
Collet, Remo
Keller, Stefan C.
Heger, Alexander
Casey, Andrew R.
Masseron, Thomas
Asplund, Martin
Lind, Karin
Marino, Anna F.
Norris, John E.
Date Issued
June 2015
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The Astrophysical Journal. Letters
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IOP Publishing
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Bessell, Michael S., Remo Collet, Stefan C. Keller, Anna Frebel, Alexander Heger, Andrew R. Casey, Thomas Masseron, et al. “NUCLEOSYNTHESIS IN A PRIMORDIAL SUPERNOVA: CARBON AND OXYGEN ABUNDANCES IN SMSS J031300.36–670839.3.” The Astrophysical Journal 806, no. 1 (June 8, 2015): L16. © 2015 The American Astronomical Society
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Abstract
SMSS J031300.36–670839.3 (hereafter SM0313–6708) is a sub-giant halo star, with no detectable Fe lines and large overabundances of C and Mg relative to Ca. We obtained Very Large Telescope–Ultraviolet and Visual Echelle Spectrograph (UVES) spectra extending to 3060 Å showing strong OH A-X band lines enabling an oxygen abundance to be derived. The OH A-X band lines in SM0313–6708 are much stronger than the CH C-X band lines. Spectrum synthesis fits indicate an [O/C] ratio of 0.02 ± 0.175. Our high signal-to-noise ratio UVES data also enabled us to lower the Fe abundance limit to [Fe/H][subscript (3D),NLTE < -7.52 (3σ). These data support our previous suggestion that the star formed from the iron-poor ejecta of a single massive star Population III supernova.
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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/10.1088/2041-8205/806/1/l16
