Cosmological Insights into the Early Accretion of \textit{r}-Process-Enhanced stars. I. A Comprehensive Chemo-dynamical Analysis of LAMOST J1109+0754

Abstract

This study presents a comprehensive chemo-dynamical analysis of LAMOST J1109+0754, a bright (V = 12.8), extremely metal-poor (\abund{Fe}{H} = $-3.17$) star, with a strong \textit{r}-process enhancement (\abund{Eu}{Fe} = +0.94 $\pm$ 0.12). Our results are based on the 7-D measurements supplied by $Gaia$ and the chemical composition derived from a high-resolution ($R\sim 110,000$), high signal-to-noise ratio ($S/N\sim 60)$ optical spectrum obtained by the 2.4\,m Automated Planet Finder Telescope at Lick Observatory. We obtain chemical abundances of 31 elements (from lithium to thorium). The abundance ratios (\abund{X}{Fe}) of the light-elements (Z $⩽30$) suggest a massive Population\,III progenitor in the 13.4-29.5\,M${}_{\odot }$ mass range. The heavy-element ($30<$ Z $⩽90$) abundance pattern of J1109+075 agrees extremely well with the scaled-Solar \textit{r}-process signature. We have developed a novel approach to trace the kinematic history and orbital evolution of J1109+0754 with a c\textbf{O}smologically de\textbf{RI}ved tim\textbf{E}-varyi\textbf{N}g Galactic po\textbf{T}ential (the ORIENT) constructed from snapshots of a simulated Milky-Way analog taken from the \texttt{Illustris-TNG} simulation. The orbital evolution within this Milky Way-like galaxy, along with the chemical-abundance pattern implies that J1109+0754 likely originated in a low-mass dwarf galaxy located $\sim$ 60\,kpc from the center of the Galaxy, which was accreted $\sim$ 6 - 7\,Gyr ago, and that the star now belongs to the outer-halo population.

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