Browsing by Author "Spite, F."

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    The low Sr/Ba ratio on some extremely metal-poor stars
    (2014) Spite, M.; Spite, F.; Bonifacio, P.; Caffau, E.; Francois, P.; Sbordone, L.
    Context. It has been noted that, in classical extremely metal-poor (EMP) stars, the abundance ratio of two well-observed neutron-capture elements, Sr and Ba, is always higher than [Sr/Ba] = -0.5, which is the value of the solar r-only process; however, a handful of EMP stars have recently been found with a very low Sr/Ba ratio.
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    TOPoS II. On the bimodality of carbon abundance in CEMP stars Implications on the early chemical evolution of galaxies
    (EDP SCIENCES S A, 2015) Bonifacio, P.; Caffau, E.; Spite, M.; Limongi, M.; Chieffi, A.; Klessen, R. S.; Francois, P.; Molaro, P.; Ludwig, H. G.; Zaggia, S.; Spite, F.; Plez, B.; Cayrel, R.; Christlieb, N.; Clark, P. C.; Glover, S. C. O.; Hammer, F.; Koch, A.; Monaco, L.; Sbordone, L.; Steffen, M.
    Context. In the course of the Turn Off Primordial Stars (TOPoS) survey, aimed at discovering the lowest metallicity stars, we have found several carbon-enhanced metal-poor (CEMP) stars. These stars are very common among the stars of extremely low metallicity and provide important clues to the star formation processes. We here present our analysis of six CEMP stars.