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由VLT/FLAMES观测得到的老疏散星团NGC 3960的锂丰度

Lithium abundances in the old open cluster NGC 3960 from VLT/FLAMES observations

Loredana Prisinzano, Sofia Randich

摘要:

老的疏散星团是研究主序期间锂(Li)耗尽机制的非常有用的目标。通过比较不同年龄星团中Li的丰度,我们可以了解Li破坏过程的效率。我们的目标是确定疏散星团NGC 3960(年龄~1 Gyr)候选成员样本中的成员和Li丰度,目的是填补0.6和2 Gyr之间的空白,在经验描述的平均Li丰度作为恒星年龄的函数的行为。我们使用VLT/FLAMES长颈鹿光谱来确定径向速度,从而113光度选择的候选集群成员的样本的成员资格。从Li线的分析,我们得到了集群成员和非成员的Li丰度。39颗恒星的径向速度与成员资格一致,预计约有20%的污染恒星。在29个RV成员中检测到Li;我们认为这些恒星是星团成员,而我们合理地假设剩下的10个RV成员没有Li,是污染恒星之一。温度高于6000 K的恒星的Li丰度与毕宿星团中的恒星相似,而温度较低的恒星的Li丰度则稍小。这证实了NGC 3960比毕宿星团更古老。温度低于6000 K的恒星的平均锂丰度表明,Li Pop. I平台可能已经开始于~1 Gyr,而不是文献中先前推导出的上限2 Gyr。我们还发现,具有高Li丰度(>1.5)的场星所占的比例约为整个样品的三分之一,这与以前的估计一致。污染场星的分数是一致的,我们以前从测光。

英文摘要:

Old open clusters are very useful targets to investigate mechanisms responsible for lithium (Li) depletion during the main sequence. Comparison of the Li abundances in clusters of different age allows us to understand the efficiency of the Li destruction process. Our goal is the determination of membership and Li abundance in a sample of candidate members of the open cluster NGC 3960 (age ~1 Gyr), with the aim to fill the gap between 0.6 and 2 Gyr in the empirical description of the behavior of the average Li abundance as a function of the stellar age. We use VLT/FLAMES Giraffe spectra to determine the radial velocities and thus the membership of a sample of 113 photometrically selected candidate cluster members. From the analysis of the Li line we derive Li abundances for both cluster members and non-members. 39 stars have radial velocity consistent with membership, with an expected fraction of contaminating field stars of about 20%. Li is detected in 29 of the RV members; we consider these stars as cluster members, while we make the reasonable assumption that the remaining 10 RV members without Li, are among the contaminating stars. Li abundances of the stars hotter than about 6000 K are similar to those of stars in the Hyades, while they are slightly smaller for cooler stars. This confirms that NGC 3960 is older than the Hyades. The average Li abundance of stars cooler than about 6000 K indicates that the Li Pop. I plateau might start already at ~1 Gyr rather than 2 Gyr that is the upper limit previously derived in the literature. We also find that the fraction of field stars with high Li abundance (>1.5) is about one third of the whole sample, which is in agreement with previous estimates. The fraction of contaminating field stars is consistent with that previously derived by us from photometry.

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