Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-04-04
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
36 pages, 9 tables, 14 figures included; accepted for publication in the July 2002 issue of The Astronomical Journal
Scientific paper
10.1086/340955
We present a detailed abundance analysis of 8 stars selected as extremely metal poor candidates from the Hamburg/ESO Survey (HES). For comparison, we have also analysed 3 extremely metal-poor candidates from the HK survey, and 3 additional bright metal-poor stars. With this work, we have doubled the number of extremely metal-poor stars ([Fe/H]$\le 3.0$) with high-precision abundance analyses. Our sample of extremely metal-poor candidates from the HES contains 3 stars with [Fe/H] $\le -3.0$, 3 more with [Fe/H]$\le -2.8$, and 2 stars that are only slightly more metal rich. Thus, the chain of procedures that led to the selection of these stars from the HES successfully provides a high fraction of extremely metal-poor stars. We verify that our stellar parameters, derived in Paper I, lead to acceptable ionization and excitation balances for Fe, ruling out substantial non-LTE effects in Fe. For the $\alpha-$elements Mg, Si, Ca, Ti, the light element Al, the iron-peak elements Sc, Cr, Mn, and the neutron capture elements Sr and Ba, we find trends in abundance ratios [X/Fe] similar to those found by previous studies. However,the scatter in most of these ratios, even at [Fe/H]$\le -3.0$ dex, is surprisingly small. Only Sr and Ba show scatter larger than the expected errors. Future work (the 0Z project) will provide much stronger constraints on the scatter (or lack thereof) in abundances for a greater number of stars. We discuss the implications of these results for the early chemical evolution of the Galaxy, including such issues as the number of contributing SN, and the sizes of typical fragments in which they were born. In addition, we have identified a very metal poor star that appears to be the result of the s-process chain, operating in a very metal-poor environment, with extremely enhanced C, Ba, and Pb, and somewhat enhanced Sr.
Beers Timothy C.
Carretta Eugenio
Christlieb Norbert
Cohen Judith Gamora
Gratton Raffaele
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