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Title: Probing Massive Star Nucleosynthesis with Data on Metal-Poor Stars and the Solar System
Metal-poor stars were formed during the early epochs when only massive stars had time to evolve and contribute to the chemical enrichment. Low-mass metal-poor stars survive until the present and provide fossil records of the nucleosynthesis of early massive stars. On the other hand, short-lived radionuclides (SLRs) in the early solar system (ESS) reflect the nucleosynthesis of sources that occurred close to the proto-solar cloud in both space and time. Both the ubiquity of Sr and Ba and the diversity of heavy-element abundance patterns observed in single metal-poor stars suggest that some neutron-capture mechanisms other than the r -process might have operated in early massive stars. Three such mechanisms are discussed: the weak s -process in non-rotating models with initial carbon enhancement, a new s -process induced by rapid rotation in models with normal initial composition, and neutron-capture processes induced by proton ingestion in non-rotating models. In addition, meteoritic data are discussed to constrain the core-collapse supernova (CCSN) that might have triggered the formation of the solar system and provided some of the SLRs in the ESS. If there was a CCSN trigger, the data point to a low-mass CCSN as the most likely candidate. An 11.8 M ⊙ CCSN trigger is discussed. Its nucleosynthesis, the evolution of its remnant, and the interaction of the remnant with the proto-solar cloud appear to satisfy the meteoritic constraints and can account for the abundances of the SLRs 41 Ca, 53 Mn, and 60 Fe in the ESS.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2020275
PAR ID:
10332062
Author(s) / Creator(s):
Editor(s):
Liu, W.; Wang, Y.; Guo, B.; Tang, X.; Zeng, S.
Date Published:
Journal Name:
EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume:
260
ISSN:
2100-014X
Page Range / eLocation ID:
09001
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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