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Cunha, K, Smith, VV, Hasselquist, S, Souto, D, Shetrone, MD, Allende Prieto, C, Bizyaev, D, Frinchaboy, P, Anibal Garcia-Hernandez, D, Holtzman, J, Johnson, JA, Jonsson, H, Majewski, SR, Meszaros, S, Nidever, D, Pinsonneault, M, Schiavon, RP, Sobeck, J, Skrutskie, MF, Zamora, O , Zasowski, G and Fernandez-Trincado, JG (2017) Adding the s-Process Element Cerium to the APOGEE Survey: Identification and Characterization of Ce II Lines in the H-band Spectral Window. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 844 (2). ISSN 0004-637X
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Abstract
Nine Ce ii lines have been identified and characterized within the spectral window observed by the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE) survey (between λ1.51 and 1.69 μm). At solar metallicities, cerium is an element that is produced predominantly as a result of the slow capture of neutrons (the s-process) during asymptotic giant branch stellar evolution. The Ce ii lines were identified using a combination of a high-resolution ($R=\lambda /\delta \lambda ={\rm{100,000}}$) Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FTS) spectrum of α Boo and an APOGEE spectrum (R = 22,400) of a metal-poor, but s-process enriched, red giant (2M16011638-1201525). Laboratory oscillator strengths are not available for these lines. Astrophysical gf-values were derived using α Boo as a standard star, with the absolute cerium abundance in α Boo set by using optical Ce ii lines that have precise published laboratory gf-values. The near-infrared Ce ii lines identified here are also analyzed, as consistency checks, in a small number of bright red giants using archival FTS spectra, as well as a small sample of APOGEE red giants, including two members of the open cluster NGC 6819, two field stars, and seven metal-poor N- and Al-rich stars. The conclusion is that this set of Ce ii lines can be detected and analyzed in a large fraction of the APOGEE red giant sample and will be useful for probing chemical evolution of the s-process products in various populations of the Milky Way.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 0201 Astronomical And Space Sciences, 0305 Organic Chemistry, 0306 Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural) |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy |
| Divisions: | Astrophysics Research Institute |
| Publisher: | IOP PUBLISHING LTD |
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| Date Deposited: | 02 Feb 2018 13:46 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2021 03:20 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.3847/1538-4357/aa7beb |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/7933 |
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