Speaker
Kaitlin Rasmussen
(University of Notre Dame)
Description
Carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars belong to the second generation of stars to form in the Universe; as such, they are a valuable insight into nuclear processes and stellar environments that predate the formation of the Milky Way. At present, approximately one hundred and fifty CEMP stars have been studied via high-resolution spectroscopy. We have observed over 200 new CEMP stars at the South African Large Telescope and have analyzed a sizable subset of them thus far. We report the results of this analysis and discuss their implications for first star nucleosynthesis and Galactic chemical evolution.
Primary authors
Kaitlin Rasmussen
(University of Notre Dame)
Dr
Vinicius Placco
(University of Notre Dame)
Timothy Beers
(University of Notre Dame)
Joseph Zepeda
(University of Notre Dame)
Dr
Éric Depagne
