High-resolution spectroscopic studies of ultra metal-poor stars found in LAMOST survey

TL;DR

This study presents high-resolution spectroscopic analysis of two ultra metal-poor stars from the LAMOST survey, revealing their chemical compositions, classification as CEMP-no stars, and insights into lithium abundance at extremely low metallicity.

Contribution

It provides detailed abundance measurements of two UMP stars, including a newly discovered one, and discusses implications for stellar populations and lithium depletion at very low metallicity.

Findings

Both stars are CEMP-no with normal low-metallicity abundance patterns.

The lithium abundance in the new UMP star supports the 'meltdown' of the Spite plateau.

Differences in light elements may influence lithium variations among CEMP-no stars.

Abstract

We report on the observations of two ultra metal-poor (UMP) stars with [Fe/H]~-4.0 including one new discovery. The two stars are studied in the on-going and quite efficient project to search for extremely metal-poor (EMP) stars with LAMOST and Subaru. Detailed abundances or upper limits of abundances have been derived for 15 elements from Li to Eu based on high-resolution spectra obtained with Subaru/HDS. The abundance patterns of both UMP stars are consistent with the "normal-population" among the low-metallicity stars. Both of the two program stars show carbon-enhancement without any excess of heavy neutron-capture elements, indicating that they belong to the subclass of CEMP-no stars, as is the case of most UMP stars previously studied. The [Sr/Ba] ratios of both CEMP-no UMP stars are above [Sr/Ba]~-0.4, suggesting the origin of the carbon-excess is not compatible with the mass transfer from an AGB companion where the s-process has operated. Lithium abundance is measured in the newly discovered UMP star LAMOST J125346.09+075343.1, making it the second UMP turnoff star with Li detection. The Li abundance of LAMOST J125346.09+075343.1 is slightly lower than the values obtained for less metal-poor stars with similar temperature, and provides a unique data point at [Fe/H]~-4.2 to support the "meltdown" of the Li Spite-plateau at extremely low metallicity. Comparison with the other two UMP and HMP (hyper metal-poor with [Fe/H]<-5.0) turnoff stars suggests that the difference in lighter elements such as CNO and Na might cause notable difference in lithium abundances among CEMP-no stars.