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2025ApJ...995....2R - Astrophys. J., 995, 2 (2025/December-2)

Abundances of Rarely Detected s-process Elements Derived from the Ultraviolet Spectrum of the s-process-enhanced Metal-poor Star HD 196944.

ROEDERER I.U., PLACCO V.M., KARAKAS A.I., DEN HARTOG E.A. and BEERS T.C.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present an analysis of the heavy-element abundances of HD 196944, a carbon-enhanced metal-poor (CEMP) star enriched with elements produced by the slow neutron-capture process (s-process). We obtained a new high-resolution ultraviolet (UV) spectrum of this star, the UV-brightest known CEMP-s star, with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph on board the Hubble Space Telescope. This spectrum extends deeper into the UV (2029 ≤ λ≤ 2303 Å) than previous studies of any CEMP-s star. When combined with previous UV and optical analysis, a total of 35 elements heavier than zinc (Z = 30) can be detected in HD 196944, and upper limits are available for nine other heavy elements. The abundances can be well fit by models of s-process nucleosynthesis operating in a low-mass companion star that evolved through the asymptotic giant branch phase and transferred heavy elements to HD 196944. This s-process event did not contribute substantially to the Ga, Ge, or As abundances (31 ≤ Z ≤ 33). Our results demonstrate that UV spectroscopy can greatly expand the inventory of heavy elements detectable in CEMP-s stars.

Abstract Copyright: © 2025. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): Nucleosynthesis - S-process - Stellar abundances - Ultraviolet astronomy

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