Magnesium isotopes in metal-poor dwarfs: The rise of AGB stars and the formation timescale of the galactic halo

Jorge Meléndez; Judith G. Cohen

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Magnesium isotopes in metal-poor dwarfs: The rise of AGB stars and the formation timescale of the galactic halo

Jorge Meléndez^*, Judith G. Cohen

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Abstract

We have determined magnesium isotopic ratios (^{25, 26}Mg/Mg) in metal-poor (-2.6 ≤ [Fe/H] ≤ -1.3) halo dwarfs employing high signal-to-noise ratio (S/N = 90-280), high spectral resolution (R = 10 ⁵) Keck High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer (HIRES) spectra. Unlike previous claims of an important contribution from intermediate-mass asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars at low metallicities, we find that the rise of the AGB contribution in the Galactic halo did not occur until intermediate metallicities ([Fe/H] ≳ -1.5).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	L25-L28
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	659
Issue number	1 II
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/516735
Publication status	Published - 10 Apr 2007

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