Neutron-Capture Elements in the Early Galaxy

Details Neutron-Capture Elements in the Early Galaxy Neutron-Capture Elements in the Early Galaxy

Sep 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008ara%26a..46..241s&link_type=abstract

Annual Review of Astronomy & Astrophysics, vol. 46, Issue 1, pp.241-288

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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The content of neutron-capture (trans-iron-peak) elements in the low-metallicity Galactic halo varies widely from star to star. The differences are both in bulk amount of the neutron-capture elements with respect to lighter ones and in element-to-element ratios among themselves. Several well-defined abundance distributions have emerged that reveal characteristic rapid and slow neutron-capture nucleosynthesis patterns. In this review we summarize these observed metal-poor star's abundances, contrasting them with the Solar-system values, comparing them to theoretical predictions, using them to assess the types of stars responsible for their specific anomalies, and speculating on the timing and nature of early Galactic nucleosynthesis.

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