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Inese I. Ivans et al. 2006 ApJ 645 613 doi:10.1086/504069

Near-Ultraviolet Observations of HD 221170: New Insights into the Nature of r-Process-rich Stars*

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Inese I. Ivans1,2,3, Jennifer Simmerer4, Christopher Sneden4, James E. Lawler5, John J. Cowan6, Roberto Gallino7,8 and Sara Bisterzo7

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Employing high-resolution spectra obtained with the near-UV-sensitive detector on the Keck I HIRES, supplemented by data obtained with the McDonald Observatory 2d-coudé, we have performed a comprehensive chemical composition analysis of the bright r-process-rich metal-poor red giant star HD 221170. Analysis of 57 individual neutral and ionized species yielded abundances for a total of 46 elements and significant upper limits for an additional five. Model stellar atmosphere parameters were derived with the aid of ~200 Fe peak transitions. From more than 350 transitions of 35 neutron-capture (Z > 30) species, abundances for 30 neutron-capture elements and upper limits for three others were derived. Utilizing 36 transitions of La, 16 of Eu, and seven of Th, we derive ratios of log epsilon(Th/La) = -0.73 (σ = 0.06) and log epsilon(Th/Eu) = -0.60 (σ = 0.05), values in excellent agreement with those previously derived for other r-process-rich metal-poor stars such as CS 22892-052, BD +17 3248, and HD 115444. Based on the Th/Eu chronometer, the inferred age is 11.7 ± 2.8 Gyr. The abundance distribution of the heavier neutron-capture elements (Z ≥ 56) is fitted well by the predicted scaled solar system r-process abundances, as also seen in other r-process-rich stars. Unlike other r-process-rich stars, however, we find that the abundances of the lighter neutron-capture elements (37 < Z < 56) in HD 221170 are also in agreement with the abundances predicted for the scaled solar r-process pattern.


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*  Some of the data presented herein were obtained at the W. M. Keck Observatory, which is operated as a scientific partnership among the California Institute of Technology, University of California, and NASA and was made possible by the financial support of the W. M. Keck Foundation. This paper includes data taken at the McDonald Observatory of the University of Texas at Austin.
Subject headings

Galaxy: abundances; Galaxy: evolution; nuclear reactions, nucleosynthesis, abundances; stars: abundances; stars: individual (HD 221170); stars: Population II


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Issue 1 (2006 July 1)

Received 2005 October 21, accepted for publication 2006 February 17



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