The Isotopic Abundances of Magnesium in Stars

Details The Isotopic Abundances of Magnesium in Stars The Isotopic Abundances of Magnesium in Stars

1999-11-11

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9911217v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

18 pages, 9 figures, 1 table. ApJ, accepted

Scientific paper

10.1086/308653

Isotopic abundance ratios 24^Mg:25^Mg:26^Mg are derived for 20 stars from high- resolution spectra of the MgH A-X 0-0 band at 5140AA. With the exception of the weak g-band giant HR 1299, the stars are dwarfs that sample the metallicity range -1.8 < [Fe/H] <0.0. The abundance of 25^Mg amd 26^Mg relative to the dominant isotope 24^Mg decreases with decreasing [Fe/H] in fair accord with predictions from a recent model of galactic chemical evolution in which the Mg isotopes are synthesised by massive stars. Several stars appear especially enriched in the heavier Mg isotopes suggesting contamination by material from the envelopes of intermediate-mass AGB stars.

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