Metal-Poor Stars Observed with the Southern African Large Telescope II. An Extended Sample

2021 
We present results from high-resolution (R $\sim 40,000$) spectroscopic observations of over 200 metal-poor stars, mostly selected from the RAVE survey, using the Southern African Large Telescope. We were able to derive stellar parameters for a total of 108 stars; an additional sample of 50 stars from this same effort was previously reported on by Rasmussen et al.. Among our newly reported observations, we identify 84 very metal-poor (VMP; [Fe/H] $ +0.70$), CEMP sub-classes, and by the level of their $r$-process abundances. A total of 17 are classified as CEMP stars. There are 11 CEMP-$r$ stars (8 newly identified), 1 CEMP-$s$ star (newly identified), 2 possible CEMP-$i$ stars (1 newly identified), and 3 CEMP-no stars (all newly identified) in this work. We found 11 stars (8 newly identified) that are strongly enhanced in $r$-process elements ($r$-II; [Eu/Fe] $> +0.70$), 38 stars (31 newly identified) that are moderately enhanced in $r$-process elements ($r$-I; $+0.30 < $ [Eu/Fe] $\leq +0.70$), and 1 newly identified limited-$r$ star.
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