Roberto Gallino

Aluminum-, Calcium- And Titanium-Rich Oxide Stardust In Ordinary Chondrite Meteorites (2008)

Nittler, Larry R., Alexander, Conel M. O'D., Gallino, Roberto, Hoppe, Peter, Nguyen, Ann N., Stadermann, Frank J., ...

We report isotopic data for a total of 96 presolar oxide grains found in residues of several unequilibrated ordinary chondrite meteorites. Identified grain types include Al2O3, MgAl2O4, hibonite...

The Hobby-Eberly Telescope "Chemical Abundances of Stars in the Halo" (CASH) Project. I. The Lithium-, s-, and r-Enhanced Metal-Poor Giant HKII 17435-00532 (2008)

Roederer, Ian U., Frebel, Anna, Shetrone, Matthew D., Prieto, Carlos Allende, Rhee, Jaehyon, Gallino, Roberto, ...

We present the first detailed abundance analysis of the metal-poor giant HKII 17435-00532. This star was observed as part of the University of Texas long-term project "Chemical Abundances of Stars in...

CS22964-161: A Double-Lined Carbon- and s-Process-Enhanced Metal-Poor Binary Star (2007)

Thompson, Ian B., Ivans, Inese I., Bisterzo, Sara, Sneden, Christopher, Gallino, Roberto, Vauclair, Sylvie, ...

A detailed high-resolution spectroscopic analysis is presented for the carbon-rich low metallicity Galactic halo object CS 22964-161. We have discovered that CS 22964-161 is a double-lined...

S- and R-Process Elements in Two Very Metal-Poor Stars (2007)

Sean Ryan Wako, Sean G. Ryan, John E. Norris, Timothy C, Roberto Gallino, ...

. New measurements of neutron-capture elements are presented for two very metal-poor stars ([Fe/H] \Gamma3). One (LP 625-44) has an s-process signature believed to be due to mass transfer from a...

Germanium Production in Asymptotic Giant Branch stars: Implications for Observations of Planetary Nebulae (2007)

Karakas, Amanda, Lugaro, Maria, Gallino, Roberto

Observations of planetary nebulae (PNe) by Sterling, Dinerstein and Bowers have revealed abundances in the neutron-capture element Germanium (Ge) from solar to factors of 3 -- 10 above solar. The...

Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor Stars. Osmium and Iridium Abundances in the Neutron-Capture-Enhanced Subgiants CS31062-050 and LP625-44 (2006)

Aoki, Wako, Bisterzo, Sara, Gallino, Roberto, Beers, Timothy C., Norris, John E., Ryan, Sean G., ...

We have investigated the abundances of heavy neutron-capture elements, including osmium (Os) and iridium (Ir), in the two Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor (CEMP) subgiants CS31062-050 and LP625-44....

Near-UV Observations of HD221170: New Insights into the Nature of r-Process-Rich Stars (2006)

Ivans, Inese I., Simmerer, Jennifer, Sneden, Christopher, Lawler, James E., Cowan, John J., Gallino, Roberto, ...

Employing high resolution spectra obtained with the near-UV sensitive detector on the Keck I HIRES, supplemented by data obtained with the McDonald Observatory 2-d coude, we have performed a...

Cosmological implications of dwarf spheroidal chemical evolution (2006)

Fenner, Yeshe, Gibson, Brad K., Gallino, Roberto, Lugaro, Maria

The chemical properties of dwarf spheroidals in the local group are shown to be inconsistent with star formation being truncated after the reionization epoch (z~8). Enhanced levels of [Ba/Y] in stars...

Germanium in damped Lyman-alpha systems and copper connection (2006)

Gallino, Roberto, Pignatari, M., Bisterzo, S., Prochaska, Jason X., Fenner, Y., Heger, Alexander, ...

From the analysis of recent high-resolution spectroscopy data of Cu in unevolved galactic stars at various metallicities, as compared with nucleosynthesis predictions in massive stars exploding as...

Germanium in damped Lyman-alpha systems and copper connection (2006)

Gallino, Roberto, Pignatari, M., Bisterzo, S., Prochaska, Jason X., Fenner, Y., Heger, Alexander, ...

From the analysis of recent high-resolution spectroscopy data of Cu in unevolved galactic stars at various metallicities, as compared with nucleosynthesis predictions in massive stars exploding as...

Near-UV Observations of CS29497-030: New Constraints on Neutron-Capture Nucleosynthesis Processes (2005)

Ivans, Inese I., Sneden, Christopher, Gallino, Roberto, Cowan, John J., Preston, George W.

Employing spectra obtained with the new Keck I HIRES near-UV sensitive detector, we have performed a comprehensive chemical composition analysis of the binary blue metal-poor star CS29497-030....

A study of the s-process in the carbon-rich post-AGB stars IRAS06530-0213 and IRAS08143-4406 on the basis of VLT-UVES spectra (2003)

Reyniers, Maarten, Van Winckel, Hans, Gallino, Roberto, Straniero, Oscar

In an effort to extend the still limited sample of s-process enriched post-AGB stars, high-resolution, high signal-to-noise VLT+UVES spectra of the optical counterparts of the infrared sources...

Low mass AGB stellar models for 0.003 < Z < 0.02: basic formulae for nucleosynthesis calculations (2003)

Straniero, Oscar, Dominguez, Inma, Cristallo, Sergio, Gallino, Roberto

We have extended our published set of low mass AGB stellar models to lower metallicity. Different mass loss rates have been explored. Interpolation formulae for luminosity, effective temperature,...

Galactic Evolution of Sr, Y, Zr: A Multiplicity of Nucleosynthetic Processes (2003)

Travaglio, Claudia, Gallino, Roberto, Arnone, Enrico, Cowan, John, Jordan, Faith, Sneden, Chris

We follow the Galactic enrichment of three easily observed light n-capture elements Sr,Y,and Zr.Input stellar yields have been first separated into their respective main and weak s-process,and...

s-Process Nucleosynthesis in AGB Stars: A Test for Stellar Evolution (2002)

Lugaro, Maria, Herwig, Falk, Lattanzio, John C., Gallino, Roberto, Straniero, Oscar

[abridged] We study the s-process in AGB stars using three different stellar evolutionary models computed for a 3Msun and solar metallicity star. First we investigate the formation and the efficiency...

Lead: Asymptotic Giant Branch production and Galactic Chemical Evolution (2000)

Travaglio, Claudia, Gallino, Roberto, Busso, Maurizio, Gratton, Raffaele

The enrichment of Pb in the Galaxy is followed in the framework of a detailed model of Galactic chemical evolution that already proved adequate to reproduce the chemical enrichment of O and of the...

s- and r-process elements in two very metal-poor stars (2000)

Ryan, Sean G., Aoki, Wako, Blake, Lisa A. J., Norris, John E., Beers, Timothy C., Gallino, Roberto, ...

New measurements of neutron-capture elements are presented for two very metal-poor stars ([Fe/H] ~ -3). One (LP 625-44) has an s-process signature believed to be due to mass transfer from a...

Si Isotopic Ratios in Mainstream Presolar SiC Grains Revisited (1999)

Lugaro, Maria, Zinner, Ernst, Gallino, Roberto, Amari, Sachiko

Although mainstream SiC grains, the major group of presolar SiC grains found in meteorites, are believed to have originated in the expanding envelope of asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars during...

A New Astrophysical Interpretation of the Si and Ti Isotopic Compositions of Mainstream SiC Grains from Primitive Meteorites (1998)

Lugaro, Maria, Gallino, Roberto, Busso, Maurizio, Amari, Sachiko, Zinner, Ernst

Mainstream presolar SiC grains from primitive meteorites show a clear s-process signature in the isotopic composition of heavy trace elements. These grains most likely condensed in the winds of a...