28 June 2015 to 3 July 2015
Africa/Johannesburg timezone
SAIP2015 Proceeding published on 17 July 2016

Search for Extreme Metal-Poor Stars in the Edinburgh-Cape Blue Object Survey

3 Jul 2015, 10:00
20m
Oral Presentation Track D1 - Astrophysics Astro

Speaker

Mr Sivuyile Xabanisa (University of the Western Cape)

Please indicate whether<br>this abstract may be<br>published online<br>(Yes / No)

No

Main supervisor (name and email)<br>and his / her institution

J.N. Orce
jnorce@uwc.ac.za

Level for award<br>&nbsp;(Hons, MSc, <br> &nbsp; PhD, N/A)?

MSc

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The chemical abundances of the metal-poor stars provide the opportunity to investigate conditions in the early
universe, formation of the first stars and the processes that created the chemical elements observed
today (e.g. Frebel et al. 2013, ApJ 786, 74). We aim to determine metal abundances of extreme metal-poor candidate stars, identified in the Edinburgh-Cape Blue Object Survey, using high resolution HRS spectra.
Here we discuss the project in general, and show preliminary HRS spectra of one of our targets (EC04564-2629) taken during HRS perfomance verification phase.

Apply to be<br> considered for a student <br> &nbsp; award (Yes / No)?

Yes

Would you like to <br> submit a short paper <br> for the Conference <br> Proceedings (Yes / No)?

No

Primary author

Mr Sivuyile Xabanisa (University of the Western Cape)

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