First stars X. The nature of three unevolved carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars

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T. Sivarani · Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics

T. C. Beers · Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics

P. Bonifacio · Trieste Astronomical Observatory

P. Molaro · Observatoire de Paris

R. Cayrel · Observatoire de Paris

F. Herwig · Los Alamos National Laboratory

M. Spite · Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique et Instrumentation

F. Spite

Abstract

Context.On the order of 20% of the very metal-poor stars in the Galaxy exhibit large carbon enhancements. It is important to establish which astrophysical sites and processes are responsible for the elemental abundance patterns of this early Galactic population.

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Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies

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Published in: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volume 459, Issue 1, pp. 125-135

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20065440

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First stars X. The nature of three unevolved carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars

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