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| DOI | 10.3847/2041-8213/ABDBB8 | ||||
| Año | 2021 | ||||
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The Gaia Sausage (GS) and the Sequoia represent the major accretion events that formed the stellar halo of the Milky Way. A detailed chemical study of these main building blocks provides a pristine view of the early steps of the Galaxy's assembly. We present the results of the analysis of the UVES high-resolution spectroscopic observations at the 8.2 m VLT of nine Sausage/Sequoia members selected kinematically using Gaia DR2. We season this set of measurements with archival data from Nissen & Schuster and GALAH DR3 (2020). Here, we focus on the neutron-capture process by analyzing Sr, Y, Ba, and Eu behavior. We detect clear enhancement in Eu abundance ([Eu/Fe] similar to 0.6-0.7) indicative of large prevalence of the r-process in the stellar n-capture makeup. We are also able to trace the evolution of the heavy element production across a wide range of metallicity. The barium to europium changes from a tight, flat sequence with [Ba/Eu] = -0.7 reflecting dominant contribution from exploding massive stars, to a clear upturn at higher iron abundances, betraying the onset of contamination from asymptotic giant branch (AGB) ejecta. Additionally, we discover two clear sequences in the [Fe/H]-[Ba/Fe] plane likely caused by distinct levels of s-process pollution and mixing within the GS progenitor.
| Ord. | Autor | Género | Institución - País |
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| 1 | Aguado, D. | Hombre |
UNIV CAMBRIDGE - Reino Unido
Institute of Astronomy - Reino Unido |
| 2 | Belokurov, Vasily | Hombre |
UNIV CAMBRIDGE - Reino Unido
Institute of Astronomy - Reino Unido |
| 3 | Myeong, G. C. | - |
UNIV CAMBRIDGE - Reino Unido
Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys - Estados Unidos Institute of Astronomy - Reino Unido Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics - Estados Unidos |
| 4 | Evans, N. Wyn | - |
UNIV CAMBRIDGE - Reino Unido
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| 5 | Kobayashi, C. | Mujer |
Univ Hertfordshire - Reino Unido
University of Hertfordshire - Reino Unido |
| 6 | Sbordone, L. | Hombre |
Observatorio Europeo Austral - Chile
European Southern Observatory Santiago - Chile |
| 7 | CHANAME-DOMINGUEZ, JULIO CESAR | Hombre |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
Instituto Milenio de Astrofísica - Chile |
| 8 | Navarrete, Camila | Mujer |
Observatorio Europeo Austral - Chile
Instituto Milenio de Astrofísica - Chile European Southern Observatory Santiago - Chile |
| 9 | Koposov, S. | Hombre |
UNIV CAMBRIDGE - Reino Unido
UNIV EDINBURGH - Reino Unido Institute of Astronomy - Reino Unido University of Edinburgh, Institute for Astronomy - Reino Unido |
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| Leverhulme Trust |
| visitor program at Kavli Institute for Cosmology, Cambridge |
| UK Science and Technology Facility Council (STFC) |
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| We would like to thank Prof. Piercarlo Bonifacio for useful information on the selected line list. Dr. Rana Ezzeddine kindly provided high-resolution data for calibration. Dr. Matias Rodriguez Vazquez helped by providing theoretical and nuclear physics ideas. D.A. thanks the Leverhulme Trust for financial support. C.K. acknowledges funding from the UK Science and Technology Facility Council (STFC) through grant ST/ R000905/1, and the visitor program at Kavli Institute for Cosmology, Cambridge. |