Search Results - "Hansen, Terese T."
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The Lanthanide Fraction Distribution in Metal-poor Stars: A Test of Neutron Star Mergers as the Dominant r-process Site
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-09-2019)“…Multimessenger observations of the neutron star merger GW170817 and its kilonova proved that neutron star mergers can synthesize large quantities of r-process…”
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Chemical Abundances in the Ultra-faint Dwarf Galaxies Grus I and Triangulum II: Neutron-capture Elements as a Defining Feature of the Faintest Dwarfs
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-01-2019)“…Abstract We present high-resolution spectroscopy of four stars in two candidate ultra-faint dwarf galaxies (UFDs), Grus I (Gru I) and Triangulum II (Tri II)…”
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The R-process Alliance: First Release from the Southern Search for R-process-enhanced Stars in the Galactic Halo
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-05-2018)“…Abstract The recent detection of a binary neutron star merger and the clear evidence of the decay of radioactive material observed in this event have, after 60…”
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The R-Process Alliance: First Magellan/MIKE Release from the Southern Search for R-process-enhanced Stars
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-08-2020)“…Abstract Extensive progress has recently been made in our understanding of heavy-element production via the r -process in the universe, specifically with the…”
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The R-process Alliance: A Nearly Complete R-process Abundance Template Derived from Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of the R-process-enhanced Metal-poor Star HD 222925
Published in The Astrophysical journal. Supplement series (01-06-2022)“…Abstract We present a nearly complete rapid neutron-capture process ( r -process) chemical inventory of the metal-poor ([Fe/H] = −1.46 ± 0.10) r…”
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The R-Process Alliance: Chemodynamically Tagged Groups of Halo r-process-enhanced Stars Reveal a Shared Chemical-evolution History
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-02-2021)“…Abstract We derive dynamical parameters for a large sample of 446 r -process-enhanced (RPE) metal-poor stars in the halo and disk systems of the Milky Way,…”
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Kinematics of Antlia 2 and Crater 2 from the Southern Stellar Stream Spectroscopic Survey (S 5)
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-11-2021)“…Abstract We present new spectroscopic observations of the diffuse Milky Way satellite galaxies Antlia 2 and Crater 2, taken as part of the Southern Stellar…”
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RAVE J203843.2–002333: The First Highly R-process-enhanced Star Identified in the RAVE Survey
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-07-2017)“…Abstract We report the discovery of RAVE J203843.2−002333, a bright ( V = 12.73), very metal-poor ( = −2.91), r -process-enhanced ( = +1.64 and = −0.81) star…”
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The R-Process Alliance: Chemodynamically Tagged Groups. II. An Extended Sample of Halo r-process-enhanced Stars
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-01-2023)“…Abstract Orbital characteristics based on Gaia Early Data Release 3 astrometric parameters are analyzed for ∼1700 r -process-enhanced (RPE; [Eu/Fe] > +0.3)…”
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The R-Process Alliance: 2MASS J22132050–5137385, the Star with the Highest-known r-process Enhancement at [Eu/Fe] = +2.45
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-08-2024)“…We present stellar parameters and chemical abundances of 47 elements detected in the bright (V = 11.63) very metal-poor ([Fe/H] = −2.20 ± 0.12) star 2MASS…”
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Chemical Diversity on Small Scales: Abundance Analysis of the Tucana V Ultrafaint Dwarf Galaxy
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-06-2024)“…The growing number of Milky Way satellites detected in recent years has introduced a new focus for stellar abundance analysis. Abundances of stars in…”
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Discovery of a Metal-poor Red Giant Star with the Highest Ultralithium Enhancement
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-10-2024)“…Abstract We present the discovery of 2MASS J05241392−0336543 (hereafter J0524−0336), a very metal-poor ([Fe/H] = −2.43 ± 0.16), highly r -process-enhanced…”
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The R-Process Alliance: Abundance Universality among Some Elements at and between the First and Second R-Process Peaks
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-09-2022)“…Abstract We present new observational benchmarks of rapid neutron-capture process ( r -process) nucleosynthesis for elements at and between the first ( A ∼ 80)…”
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The R-Process Alliance: Chemical Abundances for a Trio of r-process-enhanced Stars—One Strong, One Moderate, and One Mild
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-09-2018)“…Abstract We present detailed chemical abundances of three new bright ( V ∼ 11), extremely metal-poor ([Fe/H] ∼ −3.0), r -process-enhanced halo red giants based…”
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Uranium Abundances and Ages of r-process Enhanced Stars with Novel U ii Lines
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-05-2023)“…Abstract The ages of the oldest stars shed light on the birth, chemical enrichment, and chemical evolution of the universe. Nucleocosmochronometry provides an…”
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The R-process Alliance: Fifth Data Release from the Search for R-process-enhanced Metal-poor Stars in the Galactic Halo with the GTC
Published in The Astrophysical journal. Supplement series (01-10-2024)“…Abstract Understanding the abundance pattern of metal-poor stars and the production of heavy elements through various nucleosynthesis processes offers crucial…”
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The R-Process Alliance: Spectroscopic Follow-up of Low-metallicity Star Candidates from the Best & Brightest Survey
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-01-2019)“…We present results from an observing campaign to identify low-metallicity stars in the Best & Brightest Survey. From medium-resolution (R ∼ 1200-2000)…”
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S5: The Destruction of a Bright Dwarf Galaxy as Revealed by the Chemistry of the Indus Stellar Stream
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-07-2021)“…The recently discovered Indus stellar stream exhibits a diverse chemical signature compared to what is found for most other streams due to the abundances of…”
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OBSERVATIONAL CONSTRAINTS ON FIRST-STAR NUCLEOSYNTHESIS. I. EVIDENCE FOR MULTIPLE PROGENITORS OF CEMP-NO STARS
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-12-2016)“…ABSTRACT We investigate anew the distribution of absolute carbon abundance, A(C) = log ϵ(C), for carbon-enhanced metal-poor (CEMP) stars in the halo of the…”
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Chemical Abundance Signature of J0023+0307: A Second-generation Main-sequence Star with [Fe/H] < −6
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-02-2019)“…Abstract We present a chemical abundance analysis of the faint halo metal-poor main-sequence star J0023+0307, with [Fe/H] < −6.3, based on a high-resolution (…”
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