Extremely Metal-poor Stars. IX. CS 22949-037 and the Role of Hypernovae

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2002

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Norris, John
Ryan, Sean G
Beers, Timothy C
Aoki, Wako
Anderson, W G

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IOP Publishing

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We have obtained high-resolution spectra of the extremely metal-poor star CS 22949-037 ([Fe/H] = -3.79) in the region of the ultraviolet NH bands at 3360-3370 Å, which confirm our earlier report that it exhibits extreme nitrogen enhancement. We find [N/F

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Keywords: Nuclear reactions, nucleosynthesis, abundances; Stars: abundances; Stars: Population II

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Astrophysical Journal, The

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