SIRIUS: Identifying Metal-poor Stars Enriched by a Single Supernova in a Star-by-star Cosmological Zoom-in Simulation of a Dwarf Galaxy

Metal-poor stars enriched by a single supernova (mono-enriched stars) are direct proof (and provide valuable probes) of supernova nucleosynthesis. Photometric and spectroscopic observations have shown that metal-poor stars have a wide variety of chemical compositions; the star's chemical compos...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2024-11
Main Authors: Hirai, Yutaka, Saitoh, Takayuki R, Fujii, Michiko S, Kaneko, Katsuhiro, Beers, Timothy C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chemical composition
Dwarf galaxies
Ejecta
Enrichment
Iron
Metallicity
Nuclear fusion
Reflecting telescopes
Stars & galaxies
Supernovae
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Summary:Metal-poor stars enriched by a single supernova (mono-enriched stars) are direct proof (and provide valuable probes) of supernova nucleosynthesis. Photometric and spectroscopic observations have shown that metal-poor stars have a wide variety of chemical compositions; the star's chemical composition reflects the nucleosynthesis process(es) that occurred before the star's formation. While the identification of mono-enriched stars enables us to study the ejecta properties of a single supernova, the fraction of mono-enriched stars among metal-poor stars remains unknown. Here we identify mono-enriched stars in a star-by-star cosmological zoom-in simulation of a dwarf galaxy. We find that the fraction of mono-enriched stars is higher for lower metallicity, stars with [Fe/H] \(< -2.5\). The percentages of mono-enriched stars are 11% at [Fe/H] = \(-\)5.0 and 1% at [Fe/H] = \(-\)2.5, suggesting that most metal-poor stars are affected by multiple supernovae. We also find that mono-enriched stars tend to be located near the center of the simulated dwarf. Such regions will be explored in detail in upcoming surveys such as the Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS) on the Subaru telescope.
ISSN:2331-8422