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astro-ph.SR2018

The R-Process Alliance: Spectroscopic Follow-up of Low-Metallicity Star Candidates from the Best & Brightest Survey

Vinicius M. Placco, Rafael M. Santucci, Timothy C. Beers +17

We present results from an observing campaign to identify low-metallicity stars in the Best & Brightest Survey. From medium-resolution (R ~ 1, 200 - 2, 000) spectroscopy of 857 can…

astro-ph.GA2018

Discovery of two quasars at from the OGLE Survey

Szymon Kozłowski, Eduardo Bañados, A. Udalski +16

We have used deep Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE-IV) images ( mag, mag at ) of the Magellanic System, encompassing an area of $\s…

astro-ph.SR2018

Chemical Abundance Signature of J0023+0307 -- A Second-Generation Main-Sequence Star with [Fe/H]<-6

Anna Frebel, Alexander P. Ji, Rana Ezzeddine +4

We present a chemical abundance analysis of the faint halo metal-poor main-sequence star J0023+0307, with [Fe/H]<-6.3, based on a high-resolution (R~35,000) Magellan/MIKE spectrum.…

astro-ph.GA2018

The Origin of r-process Enhanced Metal-Poor Halo Stars In Now-Destroyed Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxies

Kaley Brauer, Alexander P. Ji, Anna Frebel +3

The highly r-process enhanced (r-II) metal-poor halo stars we observe today could play a key role in understanding early ultra-faint dwarf galaxies, the smallest building blocks of…

astro-ph.GA2018

Chemical Abundances in the Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxies Grus I and Triangulum II: Neutron-Capture Elements as a Defining Feature of the Faintest Dwarfs

Alexander P. Ji, Joshua D. Simon, Anna Frebel +2

We present high-resolution of spectroscopy of four stars in two candidate ultra-faint dwarf galaxies (UFDs) Grus I (Gru I) and Triangulum II (Tri II). Neither object currently has…

astro-ph.SR2018

On the discovery of K-enhanced and possibly Mg-depleted stars throughout the Milky Way

Alex J. Kemp, Andrew R. Casey, Matthew T. Miles +8

Stars with unusual elemental abundances offer clues about rare astrophysical events or nucleosynthetic pathways. Stars with significantly depleted magnesium and enhanced potassium…