- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/548/A34
- Title:
- Abundances of carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/548/A34
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a detailed study of Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor (CEMP) stars, based on high-resolution spectroscopic observations of a sample of 18 stars. The stellar spectra for this sample were obtained at the 4.2m William Herschel Telescope (WHT) in 2001 and 2002, using the Utrecht Echelle Spectrograph (UES), at a resolving power R~52000 and S/N~40, covering the wavelength range {lambda}-{lambda}3700-5700{AA}. The atmospheric parameters determined for this sample indicate temperatures ranging from 4750K to 7100K, log g from 1.5 to 4.3, and metallicities -3.0<=[Fe/H]<=-1.7. Elemental abundances for C, Na, Mg, Sc, Ti, Cr, Cu, Zn, Sr, Y, Zr, Ba, La, Ce, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy are determined. Abundances for an additional 109 stars were taken from the literature and combined with the data of our sample. The literature sample reveals a lack of reliable abundance estimates for species that might be associated with the r-process elements for about 67% of CEMP stars, preventing a complete understanding of this class of stars, since [Ba/Eu] ratios are used to classify them. Although eight stars in our observed sample are also found in the literature sample, Eu abundances or limits are determined for four of these stars for the first time. From the observed correlations between C, Ba, and Eu, we argue that the CEMP-r/s class has the same astronomical origin as CEMP-s stars, highlighting the need for a more complete understanding of Eu production.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/658/367
- Title:
- Abundances of carbon stars in Galactic halo
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/658/367
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- It is known that the carbon-enhanced, extremely metal-poor (CEMP) stars constitute a substantial proportion of the extremely metal-poor (EMP) stars of the Galactic halo, and a by far larger proportion than CH stars among Population II stars. We investigate their origin by taking into account an additional evolutionary path to the surface carbon enrichment, triggered by hydrogen engulfment by the helium flash convection, in EMP stars with [Fe/H]<~-2.5. This process is distinct from the third dredge-up operating in more metal-rich stars and in EMP stars. In binary systems of EMP stars, the secondary stars become CEMP stars through mass transfer from the low- and intermediate- mass primary stars that have developed the surface carbon enhancement. Our binary scenario can predict the variations in the abundances not only for carbon but also for nitrogen and s-process elements and can reasonably explain the observed properties such as the stellar distributions of the carbon abundances, the binary periods, and the evolutionary stages.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/579/A28
- Title:
- Abundances of 3 CEMP stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/579/A28
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In the course of the TOPoS (Turn Off Primordial Stars) survey, aimed at discovering the lowest metallicity stars, we have found several carbon-enhanced metal-poor (CEMP) stars. These stars are very common among the stars of extremely low metallicity and provide important clues to the star formation processes. We here present our analysis of six CEMP stars. We want to provide the most complete chemical inventory for these six stars in order to constrain the nucleosynthesis processes responsible for the abundance patterns.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/128/343
- Title:
- Abundances of 10 Cepheids
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/128/343
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of a detailed multiphase spectroscopic analysis of 10 classical Cepheids with pulsation periods between 6 and 10 days. For each star, we have derived phased values of effective temperature, surface gravity, microturbulent velocity, and elemental abundances. We show that the elemental abundance results for intermediate-period Cepheids are consistent for all pulsational phases.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/132/902
- Title:
- Abundances of 54 Cepheids
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/132/902
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This paper reports on the spectroscopic investigation of 54 Cepheids, deriving parameters and abundances. These Cepheids extend previous samples by about 35% in number and increase the amount of the Galactic disk coverage, especially in the direction of l~120{deg}. We find that there exists in the Galactic disk at that longitude and at a solar distance of about 3-4kpc a region that has enhanced abundances, <[Fe/H]>~+0.2, with respect to the local region. A simple linear fit to all Cepheid data now extant yields a gradient d[Fe/H]/dR=-0.068+/-0.003dex/kpc. After consideration of the spatial abundance inhomogeneities in the sample, we conclude that the best current estimate of the overall gradient is d[Fe/H]/dR=-0.06dex/kpc.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/420/1590
- Title:
- Abundances of classical Cepheids
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/420/1590
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We propose a statistical method for decomposition of contributions to iron production from various sources: Type II supernovae and the subpopulations of Type Ia supernovae, prompt (their progenitors are short-lived stars with ages lower than >100Myr) and tardy (their progenitors are long-lived stars with ages >100Myr). To do that, we develop a theory of oxygen and iron synthesis that takes into account the influence of the spiral arms on the amount of the above elements synthesized by both Type II supernovae and prompt Type Ia supernovae. In the framework of the theory, we processed statistically the new, more precise, observational data on Cepheid abundances, which, as is well known, demonstrate non-trivial radial distributions of oxygen and iron in the Galactic disc with bends in the gradients.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/345/430
- Title:
- Abundances of 6 cool supergiants in NGC 330
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/345/430
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- NGC 330 is the brightest SMC young cluster and contains many bright supergiants. This cluster has aroused special interest, since the earlier abundance determinations indicated an abundance lower by a factor 5 than in the SMC field young population. In this Paper we analyse high resolution spectra of 6 cool supergiants in NGC 330, and compare in an homogeneous way, the metallicity and abundance ratios of various elements in NGC 330 and in the field of the SMC. The following Table is the Apendix to this Paper, giving the line list used in the analysis, together with the measured equivalent width and the derived abundance for each of the 6 stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/737/L32
- Title:
- Abundances of 16 Cyg A and B
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/737/L32
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Results of a detailed abundance analysis of the solar twins 16 Cyg A and 16 Cyg B based on high-resolution, high signal-to-noise ratio echelle spectroscopy are presented. 16 Cyg B is known to host a giant planet while no planets have yet been detected around 16 Cyg A. Stellar parameters are derived directly from our high-quality spectra, and the stars are found to be physically similar, with {Delta}T_eff_=+43K, {Delta}logg=-0.02dex, and {Delta}{xi}=+0.10km/s (in the sense of A-B), consistent with previous findings. Abundances of 15 elements are derived and are found to be indistinguishable between the two stars. The abundances of each element differ by <=0.026dex, and the mean difference is +0.003+/-0.015({sigma}) dex. Aside from Li, which has been previously shown to be depleted by a factor of at least 4.5 in 16 Cyg B relative to 16 Cyg A, the two stars appear to be chemically identical. The abundances of each star demonstrate a positive correlation with the condensation temperature of the elements (T_c_); the slopes of the trends are also indistinguishable. In accordance with recent suggestions, the positive slopes of the [m/H]-T_c_ relations may imply that terrestrial planets have not formed around either 16 Cyg A or 16 Cyg B.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/625/A141
- Title:
- Abundances of disk and bulge giants
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/625/A141
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The formation and evolution of the Galactic bulge and the Milky Way is still a debated subject. Observations of the X-shaped bulge, cylindrical stellar motions, and the presumed existence of a fraction of young stars in the bulge have suggested that it formed through secular evolution of the disk and not through gas dissipation and/or mergers, as thought previously. Our goal was to measure the abundances of six iron-peak elements (Sc, V, Cr, Mn, Co, and Ni) in the local thin and thick disks and in the bulge. These abundances can provide additional observational constraints for Galaxy formation and chemical evolution models, and help us to understand whether the bulge has emerged from the thick disk or not. We use high-resolution optical spectra of 291 K giants in the local disk mostly obtained by the FIES at NOT (signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) of 80-100) and 45K giants in the bulge obtained by the UVES/FLAMES at VLT (S/N of 10-80). The abundances are measured using Spectroscopy Made Easy (SME). Additionally, we apply non-local thermodynamic equilibrium (NLTE) corrections to the ratios [Mn/Fe] and [Co/Fe]. The thin and thick disks were separated according to their metallicity, [Ti/Fe], as well as proper motions and the radial velocities from Gaia DR2. The trend of [V/Fe] vs. [Fe/H] shows a separation between the disk components, being more enhanced in the thick disk. Similarly, the [Co/Fe] vs. [Fe/H] trend shows a hint of an enhancement in the local thick disk. The trends of V and Co in the bulge appear to be even more enhanced, although within the uncertainties. The decreasing value of [Sc/Fe] with increasing metallicity is observed in all the components, while our [Mn/Fe] value steadily increases with increasing metallicity in the local disk and the bulge instead. For Cr and Ni we find a flat trend following iron for the whole metallicity range in the disk and the bulge. The ratio of [Ni/Fe] appears slightly overabundant in the thick disk and the bulge compared to the thin disk, although the difference is minor. The somewhat enhanced ratios of [V/Fe] and [Co/Fe] observed in the bulge suggest that the local thick disk and the bulge might have experienced different chemical enrichment and evolutionary paths. However, we are unable to predict the exact evolutionary path of the bulge solely based on these observations. Galactic chemical evolution models could, on the other hand, allow us to predict them using these results.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/598/A100
- Title:
- Abundances of disk giants: O, Mg, Ca and Ti
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/598/A100
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Galactic bulge is an intriguing and significant part of our Galaxy, but it is hard to observe because it is both distant and covered by dust in the disk. Therefore, there are not many high-resolution optical spectra of bulge stars with large wavelength coverage, whose determined abundances can be compared with nearby, similarly analyzed stellar samples. We aim to determine the diagnostically important alpha elements of a sample of bulge giants using high-resolution optical spectra with large wavelength coverage. The abundances found are compared to similarly derived abundances from similar spectra of similar stars in the local thin and thick disks. In this first paper we focus on the solar neighborhood reference sample. We used spectral synthesis to derive the stellar parameters as well as the elemental abundances of both the local and bulge samples of giants. We took special care to benchmark our method of determining stellar parameters against independent measurements of effective temperatures from angular diameter measurements and surface gravities from asteroseismology. In this first paper we present the method used to determine the stellar parameters and elemental abundances, evaluate them, and present the results for our local disk sample of 291 giants. When comparing our determined spectroscopic temperatures to those derived from angular diameter measurements, we reproduce these with a systematic difference of +10K and a standard deviation of 53K. The spectroscopic gravities reproduce those determined from asteroseismology with a systematic offset of +0.10dex and a standard deviation of 0.12dex. When it comes to the abundance trends, our sample of local disk giants closely follows trends found in other works analyzing solar neighborhood dwarfs, showing that the much brighter giant stars are as good abundance probes as the often used dwarfs.