5–6 Feb 2018
CERN
Europe/Zurich timezone

The discovery of an ultra metal-poor star

6 Feb 2018, 14:50
20m
CERN

CERN

Speaker

Pascale Jablonka (EPFL)

Description

The early Universe presents a star formation environment almost devoid of heavy elements. Stars observed with the lowest total metallicities provide very important constraints for studying these conditions, however these stars are exceedingly rare in the present-day Galaxy and difficult to uncover. Here, I will present the discovery and subsequent analysis of such an outstanding and rare case.

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