The Astrophysical Journal (Jan 2025)

Main-sequence Turnoff Stars as Probes of the Ancient Galactic Relic: Chemo-dynamical Analysis of a Pilot Sample

  • Renjing Xie,
  • Haining Li,
  • Ruizhi Zhang,
  • Yin Wu,
  • Xiang-Xiang Xue,
  • Gang Zhao,
  • Shi-Lin Zhang,
  • Xiao-Jin Xie

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/adcba6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 985, no. 2
p. 250

Abstract

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The main-sequence turnoff (MSTO) stars well preserve the chemical properties where they were born, making them ideal tracers for studying the stellar population. We perform a detailed chemo-dynamical analysis on moderately metal-poor (−2.0 −1.6, while they remain constant for in situ stars. Among heavy elements, GSE shows overall enhancement in Eu, with [Ba/Eu] increasing with the metallicity, while this ratio remains almost constant for in situ stars, suggesting the contribution of longer timescale sources to the s -process in GSE. Moreover, for the first time, we present the r -process abundance pattern for an extremely r -process enhanced ( r -II) GSE star, which appears consistent with the solar r -process pattern except for Pr. Further investigation of larger GSE samples using high-resolution spectra is required to explore the reason for the significantly higher Pr in the GSE r -II star.

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