Abundances in field dwarf stars. II - Carbon and nitrogen abundances

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Feb 1985

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985apj...289..556l&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 289, Feb. 15, 1985, p. 556-569.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Abundance, Carbon, Dwarf Stars, Galactic Evolution, Nitrogen, Stellar Composition, Chemical Evolution, Giant Stars, Milky Way Galaxy, Nuclear Fusion, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Mass, Stellar Spectra, Supernovae

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Intermediate-dispersion spectra of 116 field dwarf stars, plus 10 faint field giants and 3 Hyades dwarfs, have been used to derive carbon and nitrogen abundances relative to iron. The program sample includes both disk and halo stars, spanning a range in [Fe/H] of +0.50 to -2.45. Synthetic spectra of CH and NH bands have been used to determine carbon and nitrogen abundances. The C/Fe ratio is solar over the range of metallicity studied, with an estimated intrinsic scatter of 0.10 dex. Down to [Fe/H] ≍ -1.8, below which the nitrogen abundance could not be measured, the N/Fe ratio is also constant for the majority of stars, indicating that nitrogen production is largely primary. Four halo stars are found to be enhanced in nitrogen relative to iron, by factors between 5 and 50, although their carbon abundances appear to be normal. These results are discussed in connection with the chemical evolution of the Galaxy and the sites of C, N, and Fe nucleosynthesis. The results require that C, N, and Fe be produced in stars of similar mass. Our current understanding of N production, then, implies that most Type I supernovae have intermediate-mass progenitors. The nitrogen in the N-enhanced halo stars is very probably primordial, indicating that the interstellar medium at early epochs contained substantial inhomogeneities.

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