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Very Metal-Poor Stars and the Early Universe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 August 2018

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John E. Norris*
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Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2611, Australia email: jen@mso.anu.edu.au
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Very metal-poor stars ([Fe/H] < –2.0) inform our understanding of the formation and evolution of the Galaxy, and the physical conditions in the earliest star-forming environments of the Universe. They play an integral part in the paradigms of stellar populations, stellar archaeology, and near-field cosmology. We review the carbon-rich and carbon-normal sub-populations of the most iron-poor stars, providing insight into chemical enrichment at the earliest times in the Universe. We also discuss the role of very metal-poor stars in providing insight into the Galaxy’s halo, thick disk, and bulge, and the promise they hold for the future. A comparison between the abundances obtained for the nine most Fe-poor stars ([Fe/H] < –4.5) (all but one of which is C-rich) with abundances obtained from far-field cosmology suggests that the former are the most chemically primitive objects yet observed and probably older than the DLA- and sub-DLA systems for which data are currently available from far-field studies.

Keywords

Early UniverseGalaxy: abundancesGalaxy: bulgeGalaxy: halo
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Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 13 , Symposium S334: Rediscovering our Galaxy , July 2017 , pp. 3 - 10
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2018 

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