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Discovery of Elderly Red Giant Star Suggests New Birthplace For R-process Elements
Discovery of Elderly Red Giant Star Suggests New Birthplace For R-process Elements
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According to the team of scientists, these rare hypernovae are often associated with long-duration gamma-ray bursts in a nearby universe. This indicates that... 08.07.2021, Sputnik International
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A team of scientists has recently highlighted that a type of energetic supernova dubbed a magnetorotational hypernova is a potential birthplace of r-process elements present in the universe. These elements are formed through a set of rapid neutron-capture processes, also known as the r-process. Interestingly, this process is responsible for the formation of around half of the atomic nuclei heavier than iron.These astonishing results came from discovering an elderly red giant star that is possibly 13 billion years old in the outer regions of the Milky Way. Per the study, there is an elemental abundance pattern in the extremely metal-poor star SMSS J200322.54−114203.3. The scientists also observed a "large enhancement in r-process elements, with very low overall metallicity".The study also revealed that such a hypernova "could produce not only the r-process elements, but also light elements during stellar evolution, and iron-peak elements during explosive nuclear burning".The team also emphasised that the hypernova is full of certain heavy elements such as thorium and uranium in a much higher quantity than expected from a neutron star merger. The researchers also stated that magnetorotational hypernovas are rare as it happens in one out of 1,000 supernova.Now, the team is working towards finding similar stars that will reveal how frequent magnetorotational hypernovas are.
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Discovery of Elderly Red Giant Star Suggests New Birthplace For R-process Elements
13:56 GMT 08.07.2021 (Updated: 19:34 GMT 03.11.2022) According to the team of scientists, these rare hypernovae are often associated with long-duration gamma-ray bursts in a nearby universe. This indicates that similar explosions of fast-spinning, strongly magnetised stars can occur during the initial period of star formation.
A team of scientists has recently highlighted that a type of energetic supernova dubbed a magnetorotational hypernova is a potential birthplace of r-process elements present in the universe. These elements are formed through a set of rapid neutron-capture processes, also known as the r-process. Interestingly, this process is responsible for the formation of around half of the atomic nuclei heavier than iron.
These astonishing results came from discovering an elderly red giant star that is possibly 13 billion years old in the outer regions of the Milky Way. Per the study, there is an elemental abundance pattern in the extremely metal-poor star SMSS J200322.54−114203.3. The scientists also observed a "large enhancement in r-process elements, with very low overall metallicity".
The study also revealed that such a hypernova "could produce not only the r-process elements, but also light elements during stellar evolution, and iron-peak elements during explosive nuclear burning".
Studying the elemental composition of a star helps in understanding the family history of the star. "Forty-four different elements seen in the star suggest that it was formed from material left over by a special explosion of one massive star soon after the Big Bang", astronomer David Yong of the Australian National University in Canberra and lead author of the study said.
The team also emphasised that the hypernova is full of certain heavy elements such as thorium and uranium in a much higher quantity than expected from a neutron star merger. The researchers also stated that magnetorotational hypernovas are rare as it happens in one out of 1,000 supernova.
Now, the team is working towards finding similar stars that will reveal how frequent magnetorotational hypernovas are.
"The observations are impressive. But there is no proof that the [elemental] abundances in this metal-deficient star were made in a single event. It could have been one. It could have been 10. One of those events might even have been a neutron star merger", Stan Woosley, an astrophysicist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who was not involved in the new study, said.
