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Title: Chemical Abundance Analysis of Three α-poor, Metal-poor Stars in the Ultrafaint Dwarf Galaxy Horologium I

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We present chemical abundance measurements of three stars in the ultra-faintdwarf galaxy Horologium I, a Milky Way satellite discovered by the Dark EnergySurvey. Using high resolution spectroscopic observations we measure themetallicity of the three stars as well as abundance ratios of several$$\alpha$$-elements, iron-peak elements, and neutron-capture elements. Theabundance pattern is relatively consistent among all three stars, which have alow average metallicity of [Fe/H] $$\sim -2.6$$ and are not $$\alpha$$-enhanced([$$\alpha$$/Fe] $$\sim 0.0$$). This result is unexpected when compared to otherlow-metallicity stars in the Galactic halo and other ultra-faint dwarfs andhints at an entirely different mechanism for the enrichment of Hor I comparedto other satellites. We discuss possible scenarios that could lead to thisobserved nucleosynthetic signature including extended star formation, aPopulation III supernova, and a possible association with the Large MagellanicCloud.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR); European Union (EU); National Science Foundation (NSF); Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation of Spain (MINECO); USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Contributing Organization:
DES Collaboration; DES
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515; AC05-00OR22725; AC02-07CH11359; 240672; 291329; 306478; AYA2015-71825; ESP2015-88861; FPA2015-68048; SEV-2012-0234; SEV-2016-0597; MDM-2015-0509; AST-1138766; AST-1536171
OSTI ID:
1419983
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1422195; OSTI ID: 1422476
Report Number(s):
arXiv:1708.02290; FERMILAB-PUB-17-300-AE; TRN: US1801431
Journal Information:
The Astrophysical Journal (Online), Vol. 852, Issue 2; ISSN 1538-4357
Publisher:
Institute of Physics (IOP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 27 works
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