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The Pristine survey VI. The first three years of medium-resolution follow-up spectroscopy of Pristine EMP star candidates

Aguado, David S.
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Youakim, Kris
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Gonzalez Hernandez, Jonay I.
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December 1, 2019
Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society

We present the results of a 3-yr long, medium-resolution spectroscopic campaign aimed at identifying very metal -poor stars from candidates selected with the CaHK, metallicitysensitive Pristine survey. The catalogue consists of a total of 1007 stars, and includes 146 rediscoveries of metal-poor stars already presented in previous surveys, 707 new very metal poor stars with [Fe/H] < -2.0, and 95 new extremely metal-poor stars with [Fe/H] < -3.0. We provide a spectroscopic [Fe/H] for every star in the catalogue, and [C/Fe] measurements for a subset of the stars (10 per cent with [Fe/H] < -3 and 24 per cent with -3 < [Fe/H] < -2) for which a carbon determination is possible, contingent mainly on the carbon abundance, effective temperature and signal-to-noise ratio of the stellar spectra. We find an average carbon enhancement fraction ([C/Fe] >= +0.7) of 41 +/- 4 per cent for stars with -3 < [Fe/H] < -2 and 58 +/- 14 per cent for stars with [Fe/H] < -3, and report updated success rates for the Pristine survey of 56 per cent and 23 per cent to recover stars with [Fe/H] < -2.5 and < -3, respectively. Finally, we discuss the current status of the survey and its preparation for providing targets to upcoming multi -object spectroscopic surveys such as William Herschel Telescope Enhanced Area Velocity Explorer.

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research article
DOI
10.1093/mnras/stz2643
Web of Science ID

WOS:000496926900056

Author(s)
Aguado, David S.
Youakim, Kris
Gonzalez Hernandez, Jonay I.
Allende Prieto, Carlos
Starkenburg, Else
Martin, Nicolas
Bonifacio, Piercarlo
Arentsen, Anke
Caffau, Elisabetta
de Arriba, Luis Peralta
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Date Issued

2019-12-01

Publisher

OXFORD UNIV PRESS

Published in
Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society
Volume

490

Issue

2

Start page

2241

End page

2253

Subjects

Astronomy & Astrophysics

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Astronomy & Astrophysics

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stars: abundances

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galaxy: evolution

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galaxy: formation

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local group

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dark ages, reionization, first stars

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early universe

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metal-poor stars

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milky-way

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search

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classification

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abundances

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evolution

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discovery

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carbon

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oldest

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halo

URL

erratum

https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz3489
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REVIEWED

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November 29, 2019
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