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九等碳增强贫金属星BD +44 493的化学分析

Chemical Analysis of the Ninth Magnitude Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor Star BD+44 493

H. Ito, W. Aoki, T. C. Beers, N. Tominaga, S. Honda

摘要:

详细介绍了明亮的碳增强贫金属(CEMP)星BD+44 493的化学丰度,我们的测量结果证实BD+44 493是一颗极度贫金属([Fe/H]=-3.8)的亚巨星,具有过量的碳和氧。没有发现氮和中子捕获元素的显著过量(后者将其置于CEMP-没有恒星类别)。我们测量的其他元素表现出非CEMP极端贫金属恒星的典型丰度模式。没有发现这颗恒星径向速度变化的证据。这些结果有力地表明,BD+44 493中的碳增强不太可能是由伴星渐近巨分支星产生并转移到目前观测到的恒星上的,也不可能是由快速旋转的大质量巨贫金属([Fe/H] < -6.0)恒星污染其出生分子云产生的。一个更有可能的可能性是,这颗恒星是由一颗“微弱”的超新星产生的元素污染的气体形成的,超新星经历了混合和回落,只喷射出少量的金属元素。BD+44 493的Li丰度(A(Li)=log(Li/H)+12 = 1.0)低于Spite平台值,与其他贫金属亚巨星一样。Be丰度的上限(A(Be)=log(Be/H)+12<-1.8)与金属丰度极低的恒星一样低,这表明碳(和氧)增强型恒星的祖先不是Be的重要来源,或者在有效温度约为5400 K的贫金属亚巨星中,Be是贫化的。

英文摘要:

We present detailed chemical abundances for the bright carbon-enhanced metal-poor (CEMP) star BD+44 493, previously reported on by Ito et al. Our measurements confirm that BD+44 493 is an extremely metal-poor ([Fe/H]=-3.8) subgiant star with excesses of carbon and oxygen. No significant excesses are found for nitrogen and neutron-capture elements (the latter of which place it in the CEMP-no class of stars). Other elements that we measure exhibit abundance patterns that are typical for non-CEMP extremely metal-poor stars. No evidence for variations of radial velocity have been found for this star. These results strongly suggest that the carbon enhancement in BD+44 493 is unlikely to have been produced by a companion asymptotic giant-branch star and transferred to the presently observed star, nor by pollution of its natal molecular cloud by rapidly-rotating, massive, mega metal-poor ([Fe/H] < -6.0) stars. A more likely possibility is that this star formed from gas polluted by the elements produced in a "faint" supernova, which underwent mixing and fallback, and only ejected small amounts of elements of metals beyond the lighter elements. The Li abundance of BD+44 493 (A(Li)=log(Li/H)+12=1.0) is lower than the Spite plateau value, as found in other metal-poor subgiants. The upper limit on Be abundance (A(Be)=log(Be/H)+12<-1.8) is as low as those found for stars with similarly extremely-low metallicity, indicating that the progenitors of carbon- (and oxygen-) enhanced stars are not significant sources of Be, or that Be is depleted in metal-poor subgiants with effective temperatures of ~5400K.

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