Lucchesi, R.Lardo, C.Primas, F.Jablonka, P.North, P.Battaglia, G.Starkenburg, E.Hill, V.Irwin, M.Francois, P.Shetrone, M.Tolstoy, E.Venn, K.2021-06-192021-06-192021-06-192020-12-0210.1051/0004-6361/202037534https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/179363WOS:000596874300011We present the high-resolution spectroscopic analysis of two new extremely metal-poor star (EMPS) candidates in the dwarf spheroidal galaxy Sextans. These targets were preselected from medium-resolution spectra centered around the CaII triplet in the near-infrared and were followed-up at higher resolution with VLT/UVES. We confirm their low metallicities with [Fe/H] = -2.95 and [Fe/H] = -3.01, which place them among the most metal-poor stars known in Sextans. The abundances of 18 elements, including C, Na, the alpha, Fe-peak, and neutron-capture elements, are determined. In particular, we present the first unambiguous detection of Zn in a classical dwarf at extremely low metallicity. Previous indications were made of a large scatter in the abundance ratios of the Sextans stellar population around [Fe/H] similar to -3 when compared to other galaxies, particularly with very low observed [alpha /Fe] ratios. We took the opportunity of reanalyzing the full sample of EMPS in Sextans and find a [alpha /Fe] Milky Way-like plateau and a similar to 0.2 dex dispersion at fixed metallicity.Astronomy & Astrophysicsstars: abundanceslocal groupgalaxies: dwarfgalaxies: formationmetal-poor starseffective temperature scaleneutron-capture elementsformation historyr-processhigh-resolutionnlte analysiss-processenrichmentabundancetext::journal::journal article::research article