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Discovery of the First Five Carbon-enhanced Metal-poor Stars in the LMC

  • Authors: Madeline Lucey, Vedant Chandra, Alexander P. Ji, Andrew R. Casey, David Nidever, Sean Morrison, Robyn E. Sanderson, Slater Oden, José G. Fernández-Trincado, Guilherme Limberg

Madeline Lucey et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1000 .

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Caption: Figure 10.

The Galactocentric specific angular momentum in the LxLz plane for our five CEMP stars (black circles) compared to other Magellanic system objects and the SDSS-V DR20 MINESweeper halo catalog (background gray density). The LMC (large red circle) and SMC (smaller red circle) have large negative Lx relative to the Milky Way halo, making this a prime kinematic quantity for isolating stars associated with the Magellanic system. The Magellanic Stream stars (light blue triangles) and the Magellanic kinematic selection box defined by Lx < −8.5 kpc km s−1 and Lz < 5 kpc km s−1 are taken from V. Chandra et al. (2023). We also show recently discovered ultra-metal-poor stars associated with the LMC: LMC 119 (blue cross) and SDSS J-715-7334 (green cross).

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