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Chemical Abundance Analysis of Three $��$-Poor, Metal-Poor Stars in the Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxy Horologium I

Authors :
Nagasawa, D. Q.
Marshall, J. L.
Simon, J. D.
Hansen, T. T.
Li, T. S.
Bernstein, R. A.
Balbinot, E.
Drlica-Wagner, A.
Pace, A. B.
Strigari, L. E.
Pellegrino, C. M.
DePoy, D. L.
Suntzeff, N. B.
Bechtol, K.
Abbott, T. M. C.
Abdalla, F. B.
Allam, S.
Annis, J.
Benoit-L��vy, A.
Bertin, E.
Brooks, D.
Rosell, A. Carnero
Kind, M. Carrasco
Carretero, J.
Cunha, C. E.
D'Andrea, C. B.
da Costa, L. N.
Davis, C.
Desai, S.
Doel, P.
Eifler, T. F.
Flaugher, B.
Fosalba, P.
Frieman, J.
Garc��a-Bellido, J.
Gaztanaga, E.
Gerdes, D. W.
Gruen, D.
Gruendl, R. A.
Gschwend, J.
Gutierrez, G.
Hartley, W. G.
Honscheid, K.
James, D. J.
Jeltema, T.
Krause, E.
Kuehn, K.
Kuhlmann, S.
Kuropatkin, N.
March, M.
Miquel, R.
Nord, B.
Roodman, A.
Sanchez, E.
Santiago, B.
Scarpine, V.
Schindler, R.
Schubnell, M.
Sevilla-Noarbe, I.
Smith, M.
Smith, R. C.
Soares-Santos, M.
Sobreira, F.
Suchyta, E.
Tarle, G.
Thomas, D.
Tucker, D. L.
Walker, A. R.
Wechsler, R. H.
Wolf, R. C.
Yanny, B.
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
arXiv, 2017.

Abstract

We present chemical abundance measurements of three stars in the ultra-faint dwarf galaxy Horologium I, a Milky Way satellite discovered by the Dark Energy Survey. Using high resolution spectroscopic observations we measure the metallicity of the three stars as well as abundance ratios of several $��$-elements, iron-peak elements, and neutron-capture elements. The abundance pattern is relatively consistent among all three stars, which have a low average metallicity of [Fe/H] $\sim -2.6$ and are not $��$-enhanced ([$��$/Fe] $\sim 0.0$). This result is unexpected when compared to other low-metallicity stars in the Galactic halo and other ultra-faint dwarfs and hints at an entirely different mechanism for the enrichment of Hor I compared to other satellites. We discuss possible scenarios that could lead to this observed nucleosynthetic signature including extended star formation, a Population III supernova, and a possible association with the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Details

Database :
OpenAIRE
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........9cf410ea1cb428fb835da89b4b6570f1
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1708.02290