Spectroscopic Studies of Extremely Metal-Poor Stars with the Subaru High Dispersion Spectrograph. V. The Zn-Enhanced Metal-Poor Star BS 16920-017

Details Spectroscopic Studies of Extremely Metal-Poor Stars with the Subaru High Dispersion Spectrograph. V. The Zn-Enhanced Metal-Poor Star BS 16920-017 Spectroscopic Studies of Extremely Metal-Poor Stars with the Subaru High Dispersion Spectrograph. V. The Zn-Enhanced Metal-Poor Star BS 16920-017

2011-01-24

arxiv.org/abs/1101.4432v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

22 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ

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We report Zn abundances for 18 very metal-poor stars studied in our previous work, covering the metallicity range -3.2 < [Fe/H] < -2.5. The [Zn/Fe] values of most stars show an increasing trend with decreasing [Fe/H] in this metallicity range, confirming the results found by previous studies. However, the extremely metal-poor star BS 16920-017 ([Fe/H] = -3.2) exhibits a significantly high [Zn/Fe] ratio ([Zn/Fe] = +1.0). Comparison of the chemical abundances of this object with HD 4306, which has similar atmospheric parameters to BS 16920-017, clearly demonstrates a deficiency of alpha elements and neutron-capture elements in this star, along with enhancements of Mn and Ni, as well as Zn. The association with a hypernova explosion that has been proposed to explain the high Zn abundance ratios found in extremely metal-poor stars is a possible explanation, although further studies are required to fully interpret the abundance pattern of this object.

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