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Spina, Lorenzo
[1, 2]
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Melendez, Jorge
[1]
;
Karakas, Amanda I.
[2]
;
dos Santos, Leonardo
[1, 3]
;
Bedell, Megan
[4, 5]
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Asplund, Martin
[6]
;
Ramirez, Ivan
[7]
;
Yong, David
[6]
;
Alves-Brito, Alan
[8]
;
Bean, Jacob L.
[4]
;
Dreizler, Stefan
[9]
Total Authors: 11
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| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Sao Paulo, IAG, Dept Astron, Rua Matao 1226, BR-05509900 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil
[2] Monash Univ, Monash Ctr Astrophys, Sch Phys & Astron, Clayton, Vic 3800 - Australia
[3] Observat Univ Geneve, 51 Chemin Maillettes, CH-1290 Versoix - Switzerland
[4] Dept Astron & Astrophys, 5640 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 - USA
[5] Flatiron Inst, Ctr Computat Astrophys, 162 5th Ave, New York, NY 10010 - USA
[6] Australian Natl Univ, Res Sch Astron & Astrophys, Cotter Rd, Canberra, ACT 2611 - Australia
[7] Tacoma Community Coll, 6501 South 19th St, Tacoma, WA 98466 - USA
[8] Univ Fed Rio Grande do Sul, Inst Fis, Ave Bento Goncalves 9500, Porto Alegre, RS - Brazil
[9] Georg August Univ Gottingen, Inst Astrophys, Wilhelmspl 1, D-37073 Gottingen - Germany
Total Affiliations: 9
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; v. 474, n. 2, p. 2580-2593, FEB 2018. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 28 |
| Abstract | |
Important insights into the formation and evolution of the Galactic disc(s) are contained in the chemical compositions of stars. We analysed high-resolution and high signal-to-noise HARPS spectra of 79 solar twin stars in order to obtain precise determinations of their atmospheric parameters, ages (sigma similar to 0.4 Gyr) and chemical abundances (sigma < 0.01 dex) of 12 neutron-capture elements (Sr, Y, Zr, Ba, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd and Dy). This valuable data set allows us to study the {[}X/Fe]-age relations over a time interval of similar to 10 Gyr and among stars belonging to the thin and thick discs. These relations show that (i) the s-process has been the main channel of nucleosynthesis of n-capture elements during the evolution of the thin disc; (ii) the thick disc is rich in r-process elements which suggests that its formation has been rapid and intensive. In addition, the heavy (Ba, La, Ce) and light (Sr, Y, Zr) s-process elements revealed details on the dependence between the yields of AGB stars and the stellar mass or metallicity. Finally, we confirmed that both {[}Y/Mg] and {[}Y/Al] ratios can be employed as stellar clocks, allowing ages of solar twin stars to be estimated with an average precision of similar to 0.5 Gyr. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 14/15706-9 - Differential abundances in solar-type stars: implications for planets formation and stellar nucleosynthesis |
| Grantee: | Lorenzo Spina |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral |
| FAPESP's process: | 12/24392-2 - High precision spectroscopy: impact in the study of planets, stars, the galaxy and cosmology |
| Grantee: | Jorge Luis Melendez Moreno |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Projects - Thematic Grants |