Spectroscopic studies of extremely metal-poor stars with the subaru high-dispersion spectrograph, 4; The -element-enhanced metal-poor star BS 16934-002

Aoki, Wako*; Honda, Satoshi*; Beers, T. C.*; Hidai, Masahide*; Iwamoto, Nobuyuki; Tominaga, Nozomu*; Umeda, Hideyuki*; Nomoto, Kenichi*; Norris, J. E.*; Ryan, S. G.*

Astrophysical Journal, 660(1, Part1), p.747 - 761, 2007/05

https://doi.org/10.1086/512601

A detailed elemental abundance analysis has been carried out for the very metal-poor ([Fe/H] = -2.7) star BS 16934-002, which was identified in our previous work as a star exhibiting large overabundances of Mg and Sc. A comparison of the abundance pattern of this star with that of the well-studied metal-poor star HD 122563 indicates excesses of O, Na, Mg, Al, and Sc in BS 16934-002. Of particular interest, no excess of C or N is found in this object, in contrast to CS 22949-037 and CS 29498-043, two previously known carbon-rich, extremely metal-poor stars with excesses of the elements. No established nucleosynthesis model exists that explains the observed abundancepattern. A supernova model, including mixing and fallback, assuming severe mass loss before explosion, is discussed as a candidate progenitor of BS 16934-002.