The Gaia-ESO Survey: the most metal-poor stars in the Galactic bulge
Author
Summary, in English
We present the first results of the EMBLA survey (Extremely Metal-poor BuLge stars with AAOmega), aimed at finding metal-poor stars in the Milky Way bulge, where the oldest stars should now preferentially reside. EMBLA utilizes SkyMapper photometry to pre-select metal-poor candidates, which are subsequently confirmed using AAOmega spectroscopy. We describe the discovery and analysis of four bulge giants with -2.72 <= [Fe/H] <= -2.48, the lowest metallicity bulge stars studied with high-resolution spectroscopy to date. Using FLAMES/UVES spectra through the Gaia-ESO Survey we have derived abundances of twelve elements. Given the uncertainties, we find a chemical similarity between these bulge stars and halo stars of the same metallicity, although the abundance scatter may be larger, with some of the stars showing unusual [alpha/Fe] ratios.
Department/s
Publishing year
2014
Language
English
Pages
4241-4246
Publication/Series
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume
445
Issue
4
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Topic
- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
Keywords
- stars: abundances
- stars: Population II
- Galaxy: bulge
- Galaxy:
- evolution
Status
Published
Project
- Gaia-ESO Survey
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1365-2966