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Heavy-Element Dispersion In The Metal-Poor Globular Cluster M92
(2011-07)
Dispersion among the light elements is common in globular clusters (GCs), while dispersion among heavier elements is less common. We present detection of r-process dispersion relative to Fe in 19 red giants of the metal-poor ...
New Rare Earth Element Abundance Distributions for the Sun and Five R-Process-Rich Very Metal-Poor Stars
(2009-05)
We have derived new abundances of the rare earth elements Pr, Dy, Tm, Yb, and Lu for the solar photosphere and for five very metal-poor, neutron-capture r-process-rich giant stars. The photospheric values for all five ...
Hubble Space Telescope Near-Ultraviolet Spectroscopy Of The Bright CEMP-No Star BD+44 Degrees 493
(2014-07)
We present an elemental-abundance analysis, in the near-ultraviolet (NUV) spectral range, for the extremely metal-poor star BD+44 degrees 493 a ninth magnitude subgiant with [Fe/H] = -3.8 and enhanced carbon, based on data ...
The Ubiquity Of The Rapid Neutron-Capture Process
(2010-12)
To better characterize the abundance patterns produced by the r-process, we have derived new abundances or upper limits for the heavy elements zinc (Zn, Z = 30), yttrium (Y, Z = 39), lanthanum (La, Z = 57), europium (Eu, ...
Improved Co I Log(gf) Values and Abundance Determinations in the Photospheres of the Sun and Metal-Poor Star HD 84937
(2015-09)
New emission branching fraction measurements for 898 lines of the first spectrum of cobalt (Co I) are determined from hollow cathode lamp spectra recorded with the National Solar Observatory 1 m Fourier transform spectrometer ...
Radial Velocities and Pulsation Ephemerides of 11 Field RR Lyrae Stars
(2011-06)
We present new radial velocities (RVs), improved pulsation periods, and reference epochs of 11 field RR Lyrae ab-type variables: AS Vir, BS Aps, CD Vel, DT Hya, RV Oct, TY Gru, UV Oct, V1645 Sgr, WY Ant, XZ Aps, and Z Mic. ...
Line Lists for the A(2)Pi-X-2 Sigma(+) (Red) and B-2 Sigma(+)-X-2 Sigma(+) (Violet) Systems of Cn, (Cn)-C-13-N-14, and (Cn)-C-12-N-15, and Application To Astronomical Spectra
(2014-10)
New red and violet system line lists for the CN isotopologues (CN)-C-13-N-14 and (CN)-C-12-N-15 have been generated. These new transition data are combined with those previously derived for (CN)-C-12-N-14, and applied to ...
Improved Laboratory Transition Probabilities for Ce II, Application to the Cerium Abundances of the Sun and Five R-Process-Rich, Metal-Poor Stars, and Rare Earth Lab Data Summary
(2009-05)
Recent radiative lifetime measurements accurate to +/- 5% using laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) on 43 even-parity and 15 odd-parity levels of Ce II have been combined with new branching fractions measured using a Fourier ...
The Two Metallicity Groups Of The Globular Cluster M22: A Chemical Perspective
(2011-08)
We present a detailed chemical composition analysis of 35 red giant stars in the globular cluster M22. High resolution spectra for this study were obtained at five observatories, and analyzed in a uniform manner. We have ...
Characterizing The Heavy Elements In Globular Cluster M22 And An Empirical S-Process Abundance Distribution Derived From The Two Stellar Groups
(2011-11)
We present an empirical s-process abundance distribution derived with explicit knowledge of the r-process component in the low-metallicity globular cluster M22. We have obtained high-resolution, high signal-to-noise spectra ...