Carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars and the s/r process

Maria Lugaro*, Amanda I. Karakas, Richard J. Stancliffe, Carlos Rijs

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    Abstract

    We have performed calculations for the slow neutron capture process (the s process) in stellar models of mass from 0.9 M to 6 M at a metallicity of [Fe/H]=-2.3. The models were computed with two different stellar evolution codes and our results compared to the composition of the elements heavier than Fe observed in carbon-enhanced metal-poor (CEMP) stars. Our models provide an explanation for the compositions of CEMP stars showing s-process signature (CEMP-s) but not for the composition of CEMP stars showing both s-process and rapid neutron-capture (r-process) signature (CEMP-s/r). To explain the composition of CEMP-s/r we propose the existence of a "s/r" neutron-capture process, which may be a superposition of, or a process in-between, the classical s and r processes. Here we attempt at understanding some qualitative features of the s/r process on the basis of the observational constraints.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationOrigin of Matter and Evolution of Galaxies 2011
    Pages111-116
    Number of pages6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2012
    EventInternational Symposium on Origin of Matter and Evolutions of Galaxies 2011, OMEG 2011 - Wako, Japan
    Duration: 14 Nov 201117 Nov 2011

    Publication series

    NameAIP Conference Proceedings
    Volume1484
    ISSN (Print)0094-243X
    ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

    Conference

    ConferenceInternational Symposium on Origin of Matter and Evolutions of Galaxies 2011, OMEG 2011
    Country/TerritoryJapan
    CityWako
    Period14/11/1117/11/11

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