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The R-process Alliance: The Peculiar Chemical Abundance Pattern of RAVE J183013.5-455510

Journal Article · · The Astrophysical Journal (Online)
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  1. Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN (United States). Dept. of Physics; JINA Center for the Evolution of the Elements (United States); University of Notre Dame
  2. Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO (Brazil)
  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai (China)
  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China); University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (China)
  5. Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN (United States). Dept. of Physics; JINA Center for the Evolution of the Elements (United States)
  6. Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN (United States). Dept. of Physics; JINA Center for the Evolution of the Elements (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics
  7. Texas A & M University, College Station, TX (United States). Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy and Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
  8. JINA Center for the Evolution of the Elements (United States); Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States). Dept. of Astronomy
  9. Konan University, Kobe, Hyogo (Japan). Dept. of Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering; University of Geneva, Sauverny (Switzerland). Geneva Observatory
  10. Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science, Pasadena, CA (United States)
  11. Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States). Bryant Space Science Center and Dept. of Astronomy
  12. JINA Center for the Evolution of the Elements (United States); Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Physics and Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
  13. San Francisco State Univ., San Francisco, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
In this work, we report on the spectroscopic analysis of RAVE J183013.5-455510, an extremely metal-poor star, highly enhanced in CNO, and with discernible contributions from the rapid neutron-capture process. There is no evidence of binarity for this object. At [Fe/H] = –3.57, this star has one of the lowest metallicities currently observed, with 18 measured abundances of neutron-capture elements. The presence of Ba, La, and Ce abundances above the solar system $$\textit{r}$$-process predictions suggests that there must have been a non-standard source of $$\textit{r}$$-process elements operating at such low metallicities. One plausible explanation is that this enhancement originates from material ejected at unusually high velocities in a neutron star merger event. We also explore the possibility that the neutron-capture elements were produced during the evolution and explosion of a rotating massive star. In addition, based on comparisons with yields from zero-metallicity faint supernova, we speculate that RAVE J1830-4555 was formed from a gas cloud pre-enriched by both progenitor types. From analysis based on Gaia DR2 measurements, we show that this star has orbital properties similar to the Galactic metal-weak thick-disk stellar population.
Research Organization:
Univ. of Notre Dame, IN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq); Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); National Science Foundation (NSF); Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF); USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Grant/Contract Number:
FG02-95ER40934
OSTI ID:
1800836
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 23025096
Journal Information:
The Astrophysical Journal (Online), Journal Name: The Astrophysical Journal (Online) Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 897; ISSN 1538-4357
Publisher:
IOP PublishingCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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