Abundances of the brightest member of Tuc III

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Chemically peculiar stars in dwarf galaxies provide a window for exploring the birth environment of stars with varying chemical enrichment. We present a chemical abundance analysis of the brightest star in the newly discovered ultra-faint dwarf galaxy candidate TucanaIII. Because it is particularly bright for a star in an ultra-faint Milky Way (MW) satellite, we are able to measure the abundance of 28 elements, including 13 neutron-capture species. This star, DESJ235532.66-593114.9 (DES J235532), shows a mild enhancement in neutron-capture elements associated with the r-process and can be classified as an r-I star. DES J235532 is the first r-I star to be discovered in an ultra-faint satellite, and Tuc III is the second extremely low-luminosity system found to contain r-process enriched material, after Reticulum II. Comparison of the abundance pattern of DES J235532 with r-I and r-II stars found in other dwarf galaxies and in the MW halo suggests a common astrophysical origin for the neutron-capture elements seen in all r-process enhanced stars. We explore both internal and external scenarios for the r-process enrichment of Tuc III and show that with abundance patterns for additional stars, it should be possible to distinguish between them.

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DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.18380044
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Creator Hansen T.T.; Simon J.D.; Marshall J.L.; Li T.S.; Carollo D.; Depoy D.L.,Nagasawa D.Q.; Bernstein R.A.; Drlica-Wagner A.; Abdalla F.B.; Allam S.,Annis J.; Bechtol K.; Benoit-Levy A.; Brooks D.; Buckley-Geer E.,Carnero Rosell A.; Carrasco Kind M.; Carretero J.; Cunha C.E.,da Costa L.N.; Desai S.; Eifler T.F.; Fausti Neto A.; Flaugher B.,Frieman J.; Garcia-Bellido J.; Gaztanaga E.; Gerdes D.W.; Gruen D.,Gruendl R.A.; Gschwend J.; Gutierrez G.; James D.J.; Krause E.; Kuehn K.,Kuropatkin N.; Lahav O.; Miquel R.; Plazas A.A.; Romer A.K.; Sanchez E.,Santiago B.; Scarpine V.; Smith R.C.; Soares-Santos M.; Sobreira F.,Suchyta E.; Swanson M.E.C.; Tarle G.; Walker A.R.; (the DES Collaboration)
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2017
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Interdisciplinary Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Stellar Astronomy