Observational nuclear astrophysics: neutron-capture element abundances in old, metal-poor stars

The chemical abundances of metal-poor stars provide a great deal of information regarding the individual nucleosynthetic processes that created the observed elements and the overall process of chemical enrichment of the galaxy since the formation of the first stars. Here we review the abundance patt...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jacobson, Heather (Contributor), Frebel, Anna L. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing, 2017-04-18T18:07:13Z.
Subjects:
Online Access:Get fulltext
LEADER 01661 am a22001933u 4500
001 108221
042 |a dc 
100 1 0 |a Jacobson, Heather  |e author 
100 1 0 |a Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics  |e contributor 
100 1 0 |a Jacobson, Heather  |e contributor 
100 1 0 |a Frebel, Anna L.  |e contributor 
700 1 0 |a Frebel, Anna L.  |e author 
245 0 0 |a Observational nuclear astrophysics: neutron-capture element abundances in old, metal-poor stars 
260 |b IOP Publishing,   |c 2017-04-18T18:07:13Z. 
856 |z Get fulltext  |u http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/108221 
520 |a The chemical abundances of metal-poor stars provide a great deal of information regarding the individual nucleosynthetic processes that created the observed elements and the overall process of chemical enrichment of the galaxy since the formation of the first stars. Here we review the abundance patterns of the neutron-capture elements (Z ≥ 38) in those metal-poor stars and our current understanding of the conditions and sites of their production at early times. We also review the relative contributions of these different processes to the build-up of these elements within the galaxy over time, and outline outstanding questions and uncertainties that complicate the interpretation of the abundance patterns observed in metal-poor stars. It is anticipated that future observations of large samples of metal-poor stars will help discriminate between different proposed neutron-capture element production sites and better trace the chemical evolution of the galaxy. 
546 |a en_US 
655 7 |a Article 
773 |t Journal of Physics G Nuclear and Particle Physics