Chemical analysis of a carbon-enhanced very metal-poor star: CD-27 14351

TL;DR

This study presents the first detailed abundance analysis of the metal-poor, carbon-enhanced star CD-27 14351, revealing high levels of carbon, nitrogen, neutron-capture elements, and classifying it as a CEMP-r/s star based on its elemental ratios.

Contribution

It provides the first high-resolution abundance analysis of CD-27 14351, characterizing its chemical composition and classification as a CEMP-r/s star.

Findings

Star has high carbon and nitrogen abundances.

Neutron-capture elements are significantly overabundant.

Classified as a CEMP-r/s star based on elemental ratios.

Abstract

We present the first time abundance analysis of a very metal-poor carbon-enhanced star CD-27 14351 based on a high resolution (R ~ 48000) FEROS spectrum. Our abundance analysis performed using Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium (LTE) model atmospheres shows that the object is a cool star with stellar atmospheric parameters, effective temperature Teff = 4335 K, surface gravity log g = 0.5, microturbulence = 2.42 km/s, and, metallicity [Fe/H] = -2.6. The star exhibits high carbon and nitrogen abundances with [C/Fe] = 2.89 and [N/Fe] = 1.89. Overabundances of neutron-capture elements are evident in Ba, La, Ce, and Nd with estimated [X/Fe] > 1, the largest enhancement being seen in Ce with [Ce/Fe] = 2.63. While the first peak s-process elements Sr and Y are found to be enhanced with respect to Fe, ([Sr/Fe] = 1.73 and [Y/Fe] = 1.91) the third peak s-process element Pb could not be detected in our spectrum at the given resolution. Europium, primarily a r-process element also shows an enhancement with [Eu/Fe] = 1.65. With [Ba/Eu] = 0.12 the object CD-27 14351 satisfies the classification criterion for CEMP-r/s star. The elemental abundance distributions observed in this star is discussed in light of chemical abundances observed in other CEMP stars from literature.