7 papers
Beryllium enhancement in stars of the accreted Thamnos-2 system
Paolo Molaro, Piercarlo Bonifacio, Elisabetta Caffau +2
Surveys of Galactic halo stars have revealed numerous streams and substructures tracing stellar populations accreted by the Milky Way. Among these, Gaia-Sausage-Enceladus (GSE) and…
The small transiting planet population revealed by ESPRESSO with extreme precision radial velocities
M. J. Hobson, B. Lavie, F. Bouchy +35
Small planets are extremely common in the Galaxy, including planets with masses and radii between those of Earth and Neptune. Characterizing these planets' masses requires ultra-pr…
Gaia-Sausage-Enceladus: Lithium evolution from early red-giant-branch and main-sequence stars
C. T. Nguyen, G. Cescutti, M. M. Bennedik +3
The combination of data from the Gaia satellite and large ground-based spectroscopic surveys recently lead to a milestone understanding of our Galaxy's formation history, marked by…
Unveiling the nature of HE 0107-5240
E. Caffau, M. Steffen, P. Molaro +27
The vast majority of the most iron-poor stars in the Galaxy exhibit a strong carbon enhancement, with C/H ratios only about two orders of magnitude below solar. This unusual chemic…
A Sequoia stellar candidate with very high 7Li and 9Be
L. Monaco, E. Caffau, P. Molaro +2
Aims. The metal-poor star BPM 3066 belongs to the retrograde halo and presents unexpectedly strong spectral features of lithium. To gain insight into the origin of this peculiar ab…
Possible evidence for the 478 keV emission line from Be decay during the outburst phases of V1369 Cen
L. Izzo, T. Siegert, P. Jean +4
After decades of uncertainty about the origin of lithium, recent evidence suggests Galactic novae as its main astrophysical source. In this work, we present possible evidence for t…