2MASS J15213995-3538094 abundances from high-res. sp.

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We report the discovery of J1521-3538, a bright (V=12.2), very metal-poor ([Fe/H]=-2.8) strongly r-process-enhanced field horizontal branch star, based on a high-resolution, high signal-to-noise Magellan/MIKE spectrum. J1521-3538 shows the largest r-process element overabundance in any known r-process-enhanced star, with [Eu/Fe]=+2.2, and its chemical abundances of 22 neutron-capture elements closely match the scaled solar r-process pattern. J1521-3538 is also one of few known carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars with r-process enhancement (CEMP-r stars), as found after correcting the measured C abundance for the star's evolutionary status. We propose to extend the existing classification of moderately enhanced (+0.3<=[Eu/Fe]+1.0) r-II stars to include an r-III class, for r-process stars such as J1521-3538, with [Eu/Fe]>+2.0 and [Ba/Eu]{=100 times the solar ratio of europium to iron. Using cosmochronometry, we estimate J1521-3538 to be 12.5+/-5Gyr and 8.9+/-5Gyr, using two different sets of initial production ratios. These ages are based on measurements of the Th line at 4019{AA} and other r-process element abundances. This is broadly consistent with the old age of a low-mass, metal-poor field red horizontal branch star. J1521-3538 likely originated in a low-mass dwarf galaxy that was later accreted by the Milky Way, as evidenced by its highly eccentric orbit.

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DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.18980040
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Provenance
Creator Cain M.; Frebel A.; Ji A.P.; Placco V.M.; Ezzeddine R.; Roederer I.U.,Hattori K.; Beers T.C.; Melendez J.; Hansen T.T.; Sakari C.M.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2021
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Interdisciplinary Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Stellar Astronomy