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汉堡/欧洲南方天文台R进程增强型恒星巡天(HERES)XI。高度$r$工艺增强型星形CS 29497-004

The Hamburg/ESO R-process Enhanced Star survey (HERES) XI. The highly $r$-process-enhanced star CS 29497-004

V. Hill, N. Christlieb, T. C. Beers, P. S. Barklem, K. -L. Kratz, B. Nordström, B. Pfeiffer, K. Farouqi

摘要:

我们报告了对高度r过程增强(r-II)恒星CS 29497-004的丰度分析,这是一颗非常贫金属的巨星,Teff = 5013 K,[Fe/H]=-2.85,其性质最初是在HERES项目过程中发现的。我们的分析是基于高信噪比,高分辨率(R~75000)的VLT/UVES光谱和MARCS模式大气的假设下,当地的热力学平衡,并获得了丰度测量共46个元素,其中31个是中子俘获元素。与目前已知的其他25颗r-II型恒星一样,CS 29497-004的重元素丰度模式与太阳系第二个r-过程元素丰度峰值模式非常匹配。我们确认我们以前的检测Th,并证明这颗星不表现出“锕系元素的提升”。铀也被探测到(log e(U)=-2.20+/-0.30),尽管有很大的测量误差,阻碍了它作为精密宇宙计时器的使用。结合这颗恒星现有的各种元素精密时计对,我们使用等待点近似模型的理论生产率得出平均年龄为12.2+/-3.7 Gyr(Kratz et al. 2007)。我们进一步探讨了高熵风模型(Farouqi et al. 2010)中不同的中子丰度(Y_e)所产生的产生率,并得出最佳拟合Y_e=0.447时的年龄为13.7+/-4.4 Gyr。U/Th核计时器被证实是最能适应理论生产率的,并得出16.5+:-6.6 Gyr的年龄。在CS 29497-004中也初步检测到铅(Pb),其水平与太阳r过程的比例一致,或者与该恒星纯r过程的理论预期一致。

英文摘要:

We report an abundance analysis for the highly r-process-enhanced (r-II) star CS 29497-004, a very metal-poor giant with Teff = 5013K and [Fe/H]=-2.85, whose nature was initially discovered in the course of the HERES project. Our analysis is based on high signal-to-noise, high-resolution (R~75000) VLT/UVES spectra and MARCS model atmospheres under the assumption of local thermodynamic equilibrium, and obtains abundance measurements for a total of 46 elements, 31 of which are neutron-capture elements. As is the case for the other 25 r-II stars currently known, the heavy-element abundance pattern of CS 29497-004 well-matches a scaled Solar System second peak r-process-element abundance pattern. We confirm our previous detection of Th, and demonstrate that this star does not exhibit an "actinide boost". Uranium is also detected (log e(U) =-2.20+/-0.30), albeit with a large measurement error that hampers its use as a precision cosmo-chronometer. Combining the various elemental chronometer pairs that are available for this star, we derive a mean age of 12.2+/-3.7 Gyr using the theoretical production ratios from waiting-point approximation models (Kratz et al. 2007). We further explore the high-entropy wind model (Farouqi et al. 2010) production ratios arising from different neutron richness of the ejecta (Y_e), and derive an age of 13.7+/-4.4 Gyr for a best-fitting Y_e=0.447. The U/Th nuclei-chronometer is confirmed to be the most resilient to theoretical production ratios and yields an age of 16.5+:-6.6 Gyr. Lead (Pb) is also tentatively detected in CS 29497-004, at a level compatible with a scaled Solar r-process, or with the theoretical expectations for a pure r-process in this star.

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