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We present high-resolution Magellan/MIKE spectra of 22 bright ($9<V<13.5$) metal-poor stars ($-3.18<mbox{[Fe/H]}<-1.37$) in three different stellar streams, the Helmi debris stream, the Helmi trail stream, and the $omega$ Centauri progenitor stream. We augment our Helmi debris sample with results for ten stars by Roederer et al. 2010 (arXiv:1001.1745), for a total of 32 stars. Detailed chemical abundances of light elements as well as heavy neutron-capture elements have been determined for our 22 stars. All three streams contain carbon-enhanced stars. For 13 stars, neutron-capture element lines were detectable and they all show signatures in agreement with the scaled solar $r$-process pattern, albeit with a large spread of $-0.5<mbox{[Eu/Fe]}<+1.3$. Eight of these stars show an additional small $s$-process contribution superposed onto their $r$-process pattern. This could be discerned because of the relatively high $S/N$ of the spectra given that the stars are close by in the halo. Our results suggest that the progenitors of these streams experienced one or more $r$-process events, such as a neutron star merger or another prolific $r$-process source, early on that widely enriched these host systems before their accretion by the Milky Way. The small $s$-process contribution suggests the presence of AGB stars and associated local (inhomogeneous) enrichment as part of the ongoing chemical evolution by low mass stars. Stars in stellar streams may thus be a promising avenue for studying the detailed history of large dwarf galaxies and their role in halo assembly with easily accessible targets for high-quality spectra of many stars.
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We give here the Table of Contents and clickable links to papers of the proceedings from the workshop Asteroseismology of Stellar Populations in the Milky Way, held in Sesto, 22-26 July 2013. The aim of this workshop was to foster collaborations an
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