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年轻星系团IC 4665的低质量成员和主序前的锂耗尽

Low-mass members of the young cluster IC 4665 and pre-main-sequence lithium depletion

R. D. Jeffries, R. J. Jackson, D. J. James, P. A. Cargile

摘要:

我们已经使用光纤光谱建立集群成员资格和检查前主序(PMS)锂耗尽低质量恒星(光谱类型F至M)在稀疏的年轻(~30百万年)集群IC 4665。我们提出了一个过滤后的候选名单40颗恒星,应包含75%的单集群成员与V的11.5至18在中央平方度的集群。虽然IC 4665中的F-和G-型恒星几乎没有或几乎没有锂的耗尽,但与其他已知年龄的星团中的类似恒星相比,K-和早期M-型恒星的锂耗尽量超过预期。根据IC 4665的晚型恒星中锂的消耗,经验性的年龄估计表明它的年龄超过1亿年。这完全不符合年龄确定无论是从核关闭,从等时匹配低质量恒星或从锂的重新出现以前发现的低得多的质量恒星(“锂耗尽边界”)。我们建议,除了年龄,也许组成或旋转,其他参数是非常有影响力的,在确定的程度PMS锂耗尽的恒星M大于0.5 Msun。需要进一步开展工作,以确定和评估这些附加参数的影响,特别是探测光球层下对流区与正在形成的辐射核心之间界面的状况。在此之前,PMS锂耗尽F-早期M-型恒星不能自信地作为一个精确的年龄指标,在年轻的集群,运动群体或个别领域的明星。

英文摘要:

We have used fibre spectroscopy to establish cluster membership and examine pre-main-sequence (PMS) lithium depletion for low-mass stars (spectral types F to M) in the sparse young (~30 Myr) cluster IC 4665. We present a filtered candidate list of 40 stars that should contain 75 per cent of single cluster members with V of 11.5 to 18 in the central square degree of the cluster. Whilst F- and G-type stars in IC 4665 have depleted little or no lithium, the K- and early M-type stars have depleted more Li than expected when compared with similar stars in other clusters of known age. An empirical age estimate based on Li-depletion among the late-type stars of IC 4665 would suggest it is older than 100 Myr. This disagrees entirely with ages determined either from the nuclear turn-off, from isochronal matches to low-mass stars or from the re-appearance of lithium previously found in much lower mass stars (the ``lithium depletion boundary''). We suggest that other parameters besides age, perhaps composition or rotation, are very influential in determining the degree of PMS Li-depletion in stars with M greater than 0.5 Msun. Further work is required to identify and assess the effects of these additional parameters, particularly to probe conditions at the interface between the sub-photospheric convection zone and developing radiative core. Until then, PMS Li depletion in F- to early M-type stars cannot be confidently used as a precise age indicator in young clusters, kinematic groups or individual field stars.

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