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2017ApJ...837..176Y - Astrophys. J., 837, 176-176 (2017/March-2)

A chemical signature from fast-rotating low-metallicity massive stars: ROA 276 in ω Centauri.

YONG D., NORRIS J.E., DA COSTA G.S., STANFORD L.M., KARAKAS A.I., SHINGLES L.J., HIRSCHI R. and PIGNATARI M.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present a chemical abundance analysis of a metal-poor star, ROA 276, in the stellar system ω Centauri. We confirm that this star has an unusually high [Sr/Ba] abundance ratio. Additionally, ROA 276 exhibits remarkably high abundance ratios, [X/Fe], for all elements from Cu to Mo along with normal abundance ratios for the elements from Ba to Pb. The chemical abundance pattern of ROA 276, relative to a primordial ω Cen star ROA 46, is best fit by a fast-rotating low-metallicity massive stellar model of 20 M, [Fe/H] = -1.8, and an initial rotation 0.4 times the critical value; no other nucleosynthetic source can match the neutron-capture element distribution. ROA 276 arguably offers the most definitive proof to date that fast-rotating massive stars contributed to the production of heavy elements in the early universe.

Abstract Copyright: © 2017. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Journal keyword(s): globular clusters: individual: ω Centauri - stars: abundances - stars: Population II - stars: Population II

VizieR on-line data: <Available at CDS (J/ApJ/837/176): table1.dat table2.dat>

Simbad objects: 8

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