On the origin of HE0107-5240, the most iron deficient star presently known

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2003-07-30

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0307527v1

Astrophys.J.594:L123-L126,2003

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

10 pages; 3 figures; accepted for publication in the The Astrophysical Journal Letters

Scientific paper

10.1086/378734

We show that the "puzzling" chemical composition observed in the extremely metal poor star HE0107-5240 may be naturally explained by the concurrent pollution of at least two supernovae. In the simplest possible model a supernova of quite low mass (~15 Msun), underwent a "normal" explosion and ejected ~0.06 Msun of 56Ni while a second one was massive enough (~35 Msun) to experience a strong fall back that locked in a compact remnant all the carbon-oxygen core. In a more general scenario, the pristine gas clouds were polluted by one or more supernovae of relatively low mass (less than ~25 Msun). The successive explosion of a quite massive star experiencing an extended fall back would have largely raised the abundances of the light elements in its close neighborhood.

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