The Most Metal-Poor Stars. I. Discovery, Data, and Atmospheric Parameters
We report the discovery of 34 stars in the Hamburg/ESO Survey for metal-poor stars and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey that have [Fe/H] [< over ~]–3.0. Their median and minimum abundances are [Fe/H] = –3.1 and –4.1, respectively, while 10 stars have [Fe/H] < –3.5. High-resolution, high signal-to-...
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| author | Frebel, Anna L. Norris, John E. Bessell, M. S. Yong, David Christlieb, N. Barklem, P. S. Asplund, M. Murphy, Simon J. Beers, Timothy C. Ryan, S. G. |
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| description | We report the discovery of 34 stars in the Hamburg/ESO Survey for metal-poor stars and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey that have [Fe/H] [< over ~]–3.0. Their median and minimum abundances are [Fe/H] = –3.1 and –4.1, respectively, while 10 stars have [Fe/H] < –3.5. High-resolution, high signal-to-noise spectroscopic data—equivalent widths and radial velocities—are presented for these stars, together with an additional four objects previously reported or currently being investigated elsewhere. We have determined the atmospheric parameters, effective temperature (T [subscript eff]), and surface gravity (log g), which are critical in the determination of the chemical abundances and the evolutionary status of these stars. Three techniques were used to derive these parameters. Spectrophotometric fits to model atmosphere fluxes were used to derive T [subscript eff], log g, and an estimate of E(B – V); Hα, Hβ, and Hγ profile fitting to model atmosphere results provided the second determination of T [subscript eff] and log g; and finally, we used an empirical T eff-calibrated Hδ index, for the third, independent T [subscript eff] determination. The three values of T [subscript eff] are in good agreement, although the profile fitting may yield systematically cooler T [subscript eff] values, by ~100 K. This collective data set will be analyzed in future papers in the present series to utilize the most metal-poor stars as probes of conditions in the early universe. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/763262022-09-27T17:58:52Z The Most Metal-Poor Stars. I. Discovery, Data, and Atmospheric Parameters Frebel, Anna L. Norris, John E. Bessell, M. S. Yong, David Christlieb, N. Barklem, P. S. Asplund, M. Murphy, Simon J. Beers, Timothy C. Ryan, S. G. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics Frebel, Anna L. We report the discovery of 34 stars in the Hamburg/ESO Survey for metal-poor stars and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey that have [Fe/H] [< over ~]–3.0. Their median and minimum abundances are [Fe/H] = –3.1 and –4.1, respectively, while 10 stars have [Fe/H] < –3.5. High-resolution, high signal-to-noise spectroscopic data—equivalent widths and radial velocities—are presented for these stars, together with an additional four objects previously reported or currently being investigated elsewhere. We have determined the atmospheric parameters, effective temperature (T [subscript eff]), and surface gravity (log g), which are critical in the determination of the chemical abundances and the evolutionary status of these stars. Three techniques were used to derive these parameters. Spectrophotometric fits to model atmosphere fluxes were used to derive T [subscript eff], log g, and an estimate of E(B – V); Hα, Hβ, and Hγ profile fitting to model atmosphere results provided the second determination of T [subscript eff] and log g; and finally, we used an empirical T eff-calibrated Hδ index, for the third, independent T [subscript eff] determination. The three values of T [subscript eff] are in good agreement, although the profile fitting may yield systematically cooler T [subscript eff] values, by ~100 K. This collective data set will be analyzed in future papers in the present series to utilize the most metal-poor stars as probes of conditions in the early universe. 2013-01-22T18:34:07Z 2013-01-22T18:34:07Z 2012-12 2012-04 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0004-637X 1538-4357 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76326 Norris, John E. et al. “The Most Metal-Poor Stars. I. Discovery, Data, and Atmospheric Parameters.” The Astrophysical Journal 762.1 (2013): 25. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2139-7145 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/762/1/25 Astrophysical Journal Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ application/pdf IOP Publishing arXiv |
| spellingShingle | Frebel, Anna L. Norris, John E. Bessell, M. S. Yong, David Christlieb, N. Barklem, P. S. Asplund, M. Murphy, Simon J. Beers, Timothy C. Ryan, S. G. The Most Metal-Poor Stars. I. Discovery, Data, and Atmospheric Parameters |
| title | The Most Metal-Poor Stars. I. Discovery, Data, and Atmospheric Parameters |
| title_full | The Most Metal-Poor Stars. I. Discovery, Data, and Atmospheric Parameters |
| title_fullStr | The Most Metal-Poor Stars. I. Discovery, Data, and Atmospheric Parameters |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Most Metal-Poor Stars. I. Discovery, Data, and Atmospheric Parameters |
| title_short | The Most Metal-Poor Stars. I. Discovery, Data, and Atmospheric Parameters |
| title_sort | most metal poor stars i discovery data and atmospheric parameters |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76326 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2139-7145 |
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