Detailed abundances in stars belonging to ultra-faint dwarf spheroidal galaxies

P. François, L. Monaco, S. Villanova, M. Catelan, P. Bonifacio, M. Bellazzini, C. Moni Bidin, G. Marconi, D. Geisler, L. Sbordone

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Abstract

We report preliminary results concerning the detailed chemical composition of metal poor stars belonging to close ultra-faint dwarf galaxies (hereafter UfDSphs). The abundances have been determined thanks to spectra obtained with X-Shooter, a high efficiency spectrograph installed on one of the ESO VLT units. The sample of ultra-faint dwarf spheroidal stars have abundance ratios slightly lower to what is measured in field halo star of the same metallicity. We did not find extreme abundances in our Hercules stars as the one found by Koch for his 2 Hercules stars. The synthesis of the neutron capture elements Ba and Sr seems to originate from the same nucleosynthetic process in operation during the early stages of the galactic evolution.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOrigin of Matter and Evolution of Galaxies 2011
Pages460-462
Number of pages3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
EventInternational Symposium on Origin of Matter and Evolutions of Galaxies 2011, OMEG 2011 - Wako, Japan
Duration: 14 Nov 201117 Nov 2011

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1484
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Other

OtherInternational Symposium on Origin of Matter and Evolutions of Galaxies 2011, OMEG 2011
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityWako
Period14/11/1117/11/11

Keywords

  • Abundances
  • Dwarf galaxies
  • Stars

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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