Electron-capture supernovae as the origin of elements beyond iron

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2010-09-06

arxiv.org/abs/1009.1000v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

5 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ Letters

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We examine electron-capture supernovae (ECSNe) as sources of elements heavier than iron in the solar system and in Galactic halo stars. Nucleosynthesis calculations are performed on the basis of thermodynamic histories of mass elements from a fully self-consistent, two-dimensional (2D) hydrodynamic explosion model of an ECSN. We find that neutron-rich convective lumps with an electron fraction down to Ye,min=0.40, which are absent in the one-dimensional (1D) counterpart, allow for interesting production of elements between the iron group and N=50 nuclei (from Zn to Zr, with little Ga) in nuclear (quasi-)equilibrium. Our models yield very good agreement with the Ge, Sr, Y, and Zr abundances of r-process deficient Galactic halo stars and constrain the occurrence of ECSNe to ~4% of all stellar core-collapse events. If tiny amounts of additional material with slightly lower Ye,min down to ~0.30-0.35 were also ejected - which presently cannot be excluded because of the limitations of resolution and two-dimensionality of the model -, a weak r-process can yield elements beyond N=50 up to Pd, Ag, and Cd as observed in the r-process deficient stars.

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