Measurement of the Europium Isotope Ratio for the Extremely Metal-Poor, r-Process-Enhanced Star CS31082-001

Details Measurement of the Europium Isotope Ratio for the Extremely Metal-Poor, r-Process-Enhanced Star CS31082-001 Measurement of the Europium Isotope Ratio for the Extremely Metal-Poor, r-Process-Enhanced Star CS31082-001

2002-11-28

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0211617v1

Astrophys.J.586:506-511,2003

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

16 pages, 4 figures, Apj, in press

Scientific paper

10.1086/367540

We report the first measurement of the isotope fraction of europium (151Eu and 153Eu) for the extremely metal-poor, r-process-enhanced star CS31082-001, based on high-resolution spectra obtained with the Subaru Telescope High Dispersion Spectrograph. We have also obtained new measurements of this ratio for two similar stars with previous europium isotope measurements, CS22892-052 and HD115444. The measurements were made using observations of the Eu lines in these spectra that are most significantly affected by isotope shifts and hyperfine splitting. The fractions of 151Eu derived for CS31082-001, CS22892-052, and HD115444 are 0.44, 0.51, and 0.46, respectively, with uncertainties of about +/-0.1. CS31082-001, the first star with a meaningful measurement of U outside of the solar system, is known to exhibit peculiar abundance ratios between the actinide and rare-earth elements (e.g., Th/Eu), ratios that are significantly different from those for other stars with large excesses of r-process elements, such as our two comparison objects. Nevertheless, our analysis indicates that the Eu isotope ratio of CS31082-001 agrees, within the errors, with those of other r-process-enhanced objects, and with that of solar-system material.

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