Origin of the heavy elements in HD 140283

C. Siqueira Mello, B. Barbuy, M. Spite, F. Spite

Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2012 · 17 citations · 23 references

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Context. HD 140283 is a nearby (V = 7.7) subgiant metal-poor star, extensively analysed in the literature. Although many spectra have been obtained for this star, none showed a signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio high enough to enable a very accurate derivation of abundances from weak lines.

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