CS 30322-023 an ultra metal-poor TP-AGB star.pdfVIP

a r X i v : a s t r o - p h / 0 6 0 5 6 5 8 v 1 2 6 M a y 2 0 0 6 Astronomy Astrophysics manuscript no. 4802 c? ESO 2008 February 3, 2008 CS 30322-023: an ultra metal-poor TP-AGB star? ? T. Masseron 1 , S. Van Eck 2 , B. Famaey 2 , S. Goriely 2 , B. Plez 1 , L. Siess 2 , T. C. Beers 3 , F. Primas 4 , and A. Jorissen 2 1 GRAAL, UMR 5024 CNRS, Universite? de Montpellier-II, France 2 Institut d’Astronomie et d’Astrophysique, Universite? Libre de Bruxelles, CP 226, Boulevard du Triomphe, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium 3 Department of Physics and Astronomy, Center for the Study of Cosmic Evolution (CSCE) and Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics (JINA), Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1116, USA 4 European Southern Observatory, K. Schwarzschild Stra?e 2, D-85748 Garching bei Mu?nchen Received January 3, 2006 / Accepted May 5, 2006 ABSTRACT Context. The remarkable properties of CS 30322-023 became apparent during the course of a high-resolution spectroscopic study of a sample of 23 carbon-enhanced, metal-poor (CEMP) stars. Aims. This sample is studied in order to gain a better understanding of s- and r-process nucleosynthesis at low metallicity, and to investigate the role of duplicity. Methods. High-resolution UVES spectra have been obtained, and abundances are derived using 1-D, plane-parallel OSMARCS models under the LTE hypothesis. The derived atmospheric parameters and observed abundances are compared to evolutionary tracks and nucleosynthesis predictions to infer the evolutionary status of CS 30322-023. Results. CS 30322-023 is remarkable in having the lowest surface gravity (log g ≤ ?0.3) among the metal-poor stars studied to date. As a result of its rather low temperature (4100 K), abundances could be derived for 35 chemical elements; the abundance pattern of CS 30322-023 is one of the most well-specified of all known extremely metal-poor stars. With [Fe/H]= ?3.5, CS 30322-023 is the most metal-poor star to exhibit a clear s-process signature,