Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-05-27
Astrophys.J.666:1189-1197,2007
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
18 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/520034
We obtained a high resolution, high signal-to-noise UV-blue spectrum of the extremely metal-poor red giant HD88609 to determine the abundances of heavy elements. Nineteen neutron-capture elements are detected in the spectrum. Our analysis revealed that this object has large excesses of light neutron-capture elements while heavy neutron-capture elements are deficient. The abundance pattern shows a continuously decreasing trend, as a function of atomic number, from Sr to Yb, which is quite different from those in stars with excesses of r-process elements. Such an abundance pattern is very similar to that of HD122563 that was studied by our previous work. The results indicate that the abundance pattern found in the two stars could represent the pattern produced by the nucleosynthesis process that provided light neutron-capture elements in the very early Galaxy.
Aoki Wako
Honda Satoshi
Ishimaru Yuhri
Wanajo Shin-ya
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