The r-process Pattern of a Bright, Highly r -process-enhanced Metal-poor Halo Star at [Fe/H ] ~ -2
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Sakari, Charli M.; Placco, Vinicius M.; Hansen, Terese; Holmbeck, Erika M.; Beers, Timothy C.; Roederer, Ian U.; Venn, Kim A.; Wallerstein, George; Davis, Christopher Evan; Farrell, Elizabeth M.; Yong, David; Frebel, Anna L.; ... Show more Show less
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All rights reserved.. A high-resolution spectroscopic analysis is presented for a new highly r-process-enhanced ([Eu/Fe] = 1.27, [Ba/Eu] = -0.65), very metal-poor ([Fe/H] = -2.09), retrograde halo star, RAVE J153830.9-180424, discovered as part of the R-Process Alliance survey. At V = 10.86, this is the brightest and most metal-rich r-II star known in the Milky Way halo. Its brightness enables high-S/N detections of a wide variety of chemical species that are mostly created by the r-process, including some infrequently detected lines from elements like Ru, Pd, Ag, Tm, Yb, Lu, Hf, and Th, with upper limits on Pb and U. This is the most complete r-process census in a very metal-poor r-II star. J1538-1804 shows no signs of s-process contamination, based on its low [Ba/Eu] and [Pb/Fe]. As with many other r-process-enhanced stars, J1538-1804's r-process pattern matches that of the Sun for elements between the first, second, and third peaks, and does not exhibit an actinide boost. Cosmo-chronometric age-dating reveals the r-process material to be quite old. This robust main r-process pattern is a necessary constraint for r-process formation scenarios (of particular interest in light of the recent neutron star merger, GW170817), and has important consequences for the origins of r-II stars. Additional r-I and r-II stars will be reported by the R-Process Alliance in the near future.
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2018-02Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of PhysicsJournal
The Astrophysical Journal
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American Astronomical Society
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Sakari, Charli M., Vinicius M. Placco, Terese Hansen, Erika M. Holmbeck, Timothy C. Beers, Anna Frebel, Ian U. Roederer, et al. “The r-Process Pattern of a Bright, Highly r-Process-Enhanced Metal-Poor Halo Star at [Fe/H] ∼ −2.” The Astrophysical Journal 854, no. 2 (February 14, 2018): L20.
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2041-8213