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HE 0557-4840 -超贫金属和富碳

HE 0557-4840 - Ultra-Metal-Poor and Carbon-Rich

John E. Norris, N. Christlieb, A. J. Korn, K. Eriksson, M. S. Bessell, Timothy C. Beers, L. Wisotzki, D. Reimers

摘要:

我们报告了超贫金属红巨星HE 0557-4840的发现和高分辨率,高信噪比,光谱分析,这是目前已知的第三大重元素缺乏星。其大气参数为T_eff = 4900 K,log g = 2.2,[Fe/H]=-4.75。这使得[Fe/H] < -4.0的恒星数量增加到了3颗,而HE 0557-4840的发现表明,星系晕的金属丰度分布函数在[Fe/H] =-4.0和[Fe/H] ~-5.3这两颗最贫金属的恒星之间并没有“差距”,其中有几颗恒星是已知的。HE 0557-4840富含碳- [C/Fe] = +1.6 -这是所有三个天体共有的属性,[Fe/H] <-4.0,这表明众所周知的碳相对于铁的增加随着[Fe/H]的降低而达到其逻辑结论-无处不在的碳丰富度-在最低丰度。我们还提出了另外18个元素的丰度(9个)和极限(9个)。对于具有良好的测量丰度或强大的上限的物种,HE 0557-4840是“正常”的比较,与大部分的恒星星族在[Fe/H] ~ -4.0 -与可能的例外的Co。我们讨论了这些结果的影响化学富集在最早的时候,在上下文中的单一(“混合和回落”)和两个组件的富集模型。虽然两者都没有提供明确的解决方案,但后者似乎更接近目标。需要进一步的数据来确定氧丰度并改善Co的丰度,从而更有力地限制该物体的起源。

英文摘要:

We report the discovery and high-resolution, high S/N, spectroscopic analysis of the ultra-metal-poor red giant HE 0557-4840, which is the third most heavy-element deficient star currently known. Its atmospheric parameters are T_eff = 4900 K, log g = 2.2, and [Fe/H]= -4.75. This brings the number of stars with [Fe/H] < -4.0 to three, and the discovery of HE 0557-4840 suggests that the metallicity distribution function of the Galactic halo does not have a "gap" between [Fe/H] = -4.0, where several stars are known, and the two most metal-poor stars, at [Fe/H] ~ -5.3. HE 0557-4840 is carbon rich - [C/Fe] = +1.6 - a property shared by all three objects with [Fe/H] < -4.0, suggesting that the well-known increase of carbon relative to iron with decreasing [Fe/H] reaches its logical conclusion - ubiquitous carbon richness - at lowest abundance. We also present abundances (nine) and limits (nine) for a further 18 elements. For species having well-measured abundances or strong upper limits, HE 0557-4840 is "normal" in comparison with the bulk of the stellar population at [Fe/H] ~ -4.0 - with the possible exception of Co. We discuss the implications of these results for chemical enrichment at the earliest times, in the context of single ("mixing and fallback") and two-component enrichment models. While neither offers a clear solution, the latter appears closer to the mark. Further data are required to determine the oxygen abundance and improve that of Co, and hence more strongly constrain the origin of this object.

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