%0 Journal Article
%T Chemical Compositions of Four Metal-poor Giants
%A Sunetra Giridhar
%A David L. Lambert
%A Guillermo Gonzalez
%A Gajendra Pandey
%J Physics
%D 2001
%I arXiv
%R 10.1086/320291
%X We present the chemical compositions of four K giants CS 22877-1, CS 22166-16, CS22169-35 and BS 16085 - 0050 that have [Fe/H] in the range -2.4 to -3.1. Metal-poor stars with [Fe/H] < -2.5 are known to exhibit considerable star - to - star variations of many elements. This quartet confirms this conclusion. CS 22877-1 and CS 22166-16 are carbon-rich. There is significant spread for [$\alpha$/Fe] within our sample where [$\alpha$/Fe] is computed from the mean of the [Mg/Fe], and [Ca/Fe] ratios. BS 16085 - 0050 is remarkably $\alpha$ enriched with a mean [$\alpha$/Fe] of $+$0.7 but CS 22169-35 is $\alpha$-poor. The aluminium abundance also shows a significant variation over the sample. A parallel and unsuccessful search among high-velocity late-type stars for metal-poor stars is described.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0102307v1