Abundances In Very Metal Poor Dwarf Stars

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2004-05-14

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0405286v1

Astrophys.J. 612 (2004) 1107-1135

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted for publication in the ApJ

Scientific paper

10.1086/422576

We discuss the detailed composition of 28 extremely metal-poor dwarfs, 22 of which are from the Hamburg/ESO Survey, based on Keck Echelle spectra. Our sample has a median [Fe/H] of -2.7 dex, extends to -3.5 dex, and is somewhat less metal-poor than was expected from [Fe/H](HK,HES) determined from low resolution spectra. Our analysis supports the existence of a sharp decline in the distribution of halo stars with metallicity below [Fe/H] = -3.0 dex. So far no additional turnoff stars with [Fe/H]}<-3.5 have been identified in our follow up efforts. For the best observed elements between Mg and Ni, we find that the abundance ratios appear to have reached a plateau, i.e. [X/Fe] is approximately constant as a function of [Fe/H], except for Cr, Mn and Co, which show trends of abundance ratios varying with [Fe/H]. These abundance ratios at low metallicity correspond approximately to the yield expected from Type II SN with a narrow range in mass and explosion parameters; high mass Type II SN progenitors are required. The dispersion of [X/Fe] about this plateau level is surprisingly small, and is still dominated by measurement errors rather than intrinsic scatter. The dispersion in neutron-capture elements, and the abundance trends for Cr, Mn and Co are consistent with previous studies of evolved EMP stars. Two dwarfs in the sample are carbon stars, while two others have significant C enhancements, all with C12/C13 ~ 7 and with C/N between 10 and 150. Three of these C-rich stars have large enhancements of the heavy neutron capture elements, including lead, which implies a strong s-process contribution, presumably from binary mass transfer; the fourth shows no excess of Sr or Ba.

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