Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jul 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001aj....122..360j&link_type=abstract
The Astronomical Journal, Volume 122, Issue 1, pp. 360-369.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Stars: Abundances, Stars: Chemically Peculiar, Stars: Individual (Hd 104340, Hd 206983)
Scientific paper
We present the abundance pattern of two barium stars in the Galactic halo, HD 104340 and HD 206983, based on high-resolution optical spectra. We also determined the spectroscopic stellar atmospheric parameters, temperature, and microturbulent velocity, as well as stellar surface gravity from a solution of excitation and ionization equilibria of Fe I and Fe II lines under the assumption of local thermodynamic equilibrium. The abundance analysis reveals HD 104340 to be a metal-poor K giant with [Fe/H]=-1.72 and HD 206983 also a metal-poor K giant with [Fe/H]=-1.43. From a set of Fe I lines, the radial velocity is found to be 263.3+/-0.6 km s-1 and -319.2+/-4.4 km s-1 for HD 104340 and HD 206983, respectively. Their high velocity, low metallicity, and high galactic latitude imply that both stars are members of a Galactic halo population. From our study and by using information from the literature we believe that HD 206983 is another member of a group known as metal-deficient barium stars. We compare the abundance pattern with the abundances of a halo population. We found that the abundances of the iron group, α-elements, manganese, copper, and zinc, as well as sodium and magnesium, of HD 104340 and HD 206983 follow the abundance pattern of a halo population. The heavy element abundance pattern of both stars shows enhancement by a factor of 4-8 with respect to the metal-poor stars with the same metallicity as that analyzed by us. We also discuss the abundances of the s-process elements and compare our results with other objects that display the same degree of enrichment due to neutron capture reactions, binary systems, and AGB stars, through a diagram of metallicity versus neutron exposure given by the [hs/ls] index. Based on the observations made with the 1.52 m telescope at the European Southern Observatory (La Silla, Chile) under agreement with Observatório Nacional (Brazil).
Junqueira Selma
Pereira Claudio Bastos
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