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most citedUranium Abundances and Ages of -process Enhanced Stars with Novel U II Lines

14 citations · 30 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for

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10 papers

astro-ph.SR2026

The -Process Alliance: On J00101735, an Accreted, Chemically Unusual, Metal-poor Star with -process Enhancement

Zoe Hackshaw, Rana Ezzeddine, Shivani P. Shah +11

We present a detailed chemo-dynamical analysis of the chemically peculiar very metal-poor ([Fe/H]) Milky Way (MW) halo star, 2MASS J001017581735387 (hereafter J0…

astro-ph.GA2026

An Analytic Model for Stellar Metallicity Gradient Residuals in Cold, Phase-Mixed Galactic Disks

Shaunak Modak, Zoe Hackshaw, Keith Hawkins

The distribution of stellar metallicities over phase space in galactic disks is sculpted by both star formation and secular orbital transport processes. As a result, chemo-dynamica…

astro-ph.GA2026

Dynamical Origins of Azimuthal Metallicity Variations in the Galactic Disk: Insights from Kinematic Ridges with Gaia

Carlos Jurado, Keith Hawkins, Jason A. S. Hunt +4

Kinematic and spectroscopic studies in the past few years have revealed coherent azimuthal metallicity variations across the Milky Way's disk that may be the result of dynamical pr…

astro-ph.GA2025

A Detailed Chemical Analysis of the Red Giant Orbiting the Black Hole BH3: From Lithium to Thorium

Zoe Hackshaw, Keith Hawkins, Catherine Manea

Preliminary astrometric data from the fourth data release of the mission revealed a 33 M dark companion to a metal-poor red giant star, deemed BH3. This sys…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 1 cited

Exploring the History of Stellar Mergers with Chemistry: Examining the Origins of Massive -Enriched Stars using Carbon Isotope Ratios

Zachary G. Maas, Keith Hawkins, Jeffrey M. Gerber +2

Recently discovered massive -enriched (MAE) stars have surface chemistry consistent with members of the older thick disk Milky Way population but high masses ( 1.5 - 3 M$_…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 1 cited

Optical Spectroscopy Reveals Hidden Neutron-capture Elemental Abundance Differences among APOGEE-identified Chemical Doppelgängers

Catherine Manea, Melissa Ness, Keith Hawkins +9

Grouping stars by chemical similarity has the potential to reveal the Milky Way's evolutionary history. The APOGEE stellar spectroscopic survey has the resolution and sensitivity f…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 8 cited

The Nineteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

SDSS Collaboration, Gautham Adamane Pallathadka, Mojgan Aghakhanloo +210

Mapping the local and distant Universe is key to our understanding of it. For decades, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has made a concerted effort to map millions of celestial…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 1 cited

[X/Fe] Marks the Spot: Mapping Chemical Azimuthal Variations in the Galactic Disk with APOGEE

Zoe Hackshaw, Keith Hawkins, Carrie Filion +4

Chemical cartography of the Galactic disk provides insights to its structure and assembly history over cosmic time. In this work, we use chemical cartography to explore chemical gr…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 14 cited

Uranium Abundances and Ages of -process Enhanced Stars with Novel U II Lines

Shivani P. Shah, Rana Ezzeddine, Alexander P. Ji +7

The ages of the oldest stars shed light on the birth, chemical enrichment, and chemical evolution of the Universe. Nucleocosmochronometry provides an avenue to determining the ages…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 5 cited

Discovery of a Metal-Poor Red Giant Star with the Highest Ultra-Lithium Enhancement

Jeremy Kowkabany, Rana Ezzeddine, Corinne Charbonnel +10

We present the discovery of 2MASS J05241392-0336543 (hereafter J0524-0336), a very metal-poor ([Fe/H]=-2.43 +- 0.16), highly r-process-enhanced ([Eu/Fe]= +1.34 +- 0.10) Milky Way h…