The odd-isotope fractions of Barium in the strongly r-process enhanced (r-II) stars

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We determined the values, 0.46±0.08, 0.51±0.09, 0.50±0.13, 0.48±0.12, which correspond to the r-contribution 100% for four r-II stars,,, and, respectively. Our results suggest that almost all of the heavy elements (in the range from Ba to Pb) in r-II stars have a common origin, that is, from a single r-process (the main r-process). We found that the has a intrinsic nature, and should keep constant value of about 0.46 in the main r-process yields, which is responsible for the heavy element enhancement of r-II stars and of our Galaxy chemical enhancement. In addition, except the abundance ratio [Ba/Eu] the is also an important indicator, which can be used to study the relative contributions of the r- and s-process during the chemical evolution history of the Milky Way and the enhancement mechanism in stars with peculiar abundance of heavy elements.