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2002ApJ...576L.141A - Astrophys. J., 576, L141-L144 (2002/September-2)

Chemical composition of the carbon-rich, extremely metal poor star CS 29498-043: a new class of extremely metal poor stars with excesses of magnesium and silicon.

AOKI W., NORRIS J.E., RYAN S.G., BEERS T.C. and ANDO H.

Abstract (from CDS):

We analyze a high-resolution, high signal-to-noise ratio spectrum of the carbon-rich, extremely metal poor star CS 29498-043, obtained with the Subaru Telescope High Dispersion Spectrograph. We find its iron abundance is extremely low ([Fe/H]=-3.7), placing it among the few stars known with [Fe/H]≤-3.5, while Mg and Si are significantly overabundant ([Mg/Fe]=+1.8 and [Si/Fe]=+1.1) compared with stars of similar metallicity without carbon excess. Overabundances of N and Al were also found. These characteristics are similar to the carbon-rich, extremely metal poor star CS 22949-037. Although the sample is small, our discovery of CS 29498-043 suggests the existence of a class of extremely metal poor stars with large excesses of C, N, Mg, and Si.

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Journal keyword(s): Nuclear Reactions, Nucleosynthesis, Abundances - Stars: Abundances - Stars: Carbon - Stars: Individual: Alphanumeric: CS 29498-043 - Stars: Population II

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