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附近年轻恒星协的锂贫化

Lithium Depletion of Nearby Young Stellar Associations

Erin Mentuch, Alexis Brandeker, Marten H. van Kerkwijk, Ray Jayawardhana, Peter H. Hauschildt

摘要:

我们估计集群年龄从锂耗尽在五个前主序组发现在100 pc的太阳:TW长蛇座协会,埃塔Chamaeleontis集群,β Pictures-Moving Group,杜鹃座钟表协会和AB Doradus移动集团。我们确定表面重力,有效温度和锂丰度超过900光谱通过最小二乘拟合模型大气光谱。对于每一组,我们比较了锂丰度对温度的依赖与等时线从前主序演化轨迹,以获得模型依赖的年龄。我们发现,Eta Chamaelontis星团和TW Hydrae协会是最年轻的,年龄分别为12+/-600万年和12+/-800万年,其次是Beta Picture移动集团,年龄为21+/-900万年,杜鹃座-钟表协会,年龄为27+/-1100万年,剑鱼座AB移动群的年龄至少为4500万年(我们只能设定一个下限,因为模型-不像真正的恒星-没有显示出超过这个年龄的锂耗尽)。在这里,排序是稳健的,但精确的年龄取决于我们对大气和进化模型的选择。因此,虽然我们的年龄与基于Hertzsprung-Russell等时线拟合和动力学展开的估计一致,但它们还没有更精确。我们的观测确实表明,改进模型后,更强的约束应该是可行的:从同一颗恒星不同光谱的测量值之间的散射测量的内在不确定性非常低:有效温度约为10 K,表面重力为0.05 dex,锂丰度为0.03 dex。

英文摘要:

We estimate cluster ages from lithium depletion in five pre-main-sequence groups found within 100 pc of the Sun: TW Hydrae Association, Eta Chamaeleontis Cluster, Beta Pictoris Moving Group, Tucanae-Horologium Association and AB Doradus Moving Group. We determine surface gravities, effective temperatures and lithium abundances for over 900 spectra through least squares fitting to model-atmosphere spectra. For each group, we compare the dependence of lithium abundance on temperature with isochrones from pre-main-sequence evolutionary tracks to obtain model dependent ages. We find that the Eta Chamaelontis Cluster and the TW Hydrae Association are the youngest, with ages of 12+/-6 Myr and 12+/-8 Myr, respectively, followed by the Beta Pictoris Moving Group at 21+/-9 Myr, the Tucanae-Horologium Association at 27+/-11 Myr, and the AB Doradus Moving Group at an age of at least 45 Myr (where we can only set a lower limit since the models -- unlike real stars -- do not show much lithium depletion beyond this age). Here, the ordering is robust, but the precise ages depend on our choice of both atmospheric and evolutionary models. As a result, while our ages are consistent with estimates based on Hertzsprung-Russell isochrone fitting and dynamical expansion, they are not yet more precise. Our observations do show that with improved models, much stronger constraints should be feasible: the intrinsic uncertainties, as measured from the scatter between measurements from different spectra of the same star, are very low: around 10 K in effective temperature, 0.05 dex in surface gravity, and 0.03 dex in lithium abundance.

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