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寻找包含年轻恒星的星系团。III -年龄和Li丰度

Search for associations containing young stars. III- Ages and Li abundances

L. da Silva, C. A. O. Torres, R. de la Reza, G. R. Quast, C. H. F. Melo, M. Sterzik

摘要:

我们的研究是SACY项目的后续研究,该项目是南半球的一项扩展调查,旨在寻找附近的年轻协会。9个协会或者是新确定的,或者是其成员名单得到了更好的界定。这些协会,与年龄之间的约600万年和7000万年,形成一个很好的样本,以研究在主序前(PMS)的演变中的锂耗尽。我们调查使用Li丰度作为一个独立的时钟来约束PMS的演变。我们计算了376名不同青年协会成员的LTE Li丰度。此外,我们还考虑了它们投射的恒星自转的影响。我们提出的锂耗尽作为年龄的函数在第一个亿年的第一次为最扩展的样本的锂丰度在年轻的恒星协会。在5000 ~ 3500 K温度范围内,这9个协变体所覆盖的年龄跨度内都可以测得明显的Li亏损。基于Li钟的年龄序列与等时线年龄一致,$ε$ Cha组合是唯一可能的例外。这些星协的锂消耗模式与年轻的疏散星团相似,这加强了这样一种观点,即这些松散的年轻星协的成员确实有一个共同的物理起源。观测到的锂丰度的分散阻碍了使用锂来确定个别恒星的可靠年龄。旋转速度高于20公里秒$^{-1}$似乎抑制锂耗尽。

英文摘要:

Our study is a follow-up of the SACY project, an extended survey in the Southern Hemisphere targeted to search for young nearby associations. Nine associations have either been newly identified, or had their member list better defined. These associations, with ages between about 6 Myr and 70 Myr, form an excellent sample to study the Li depletion in the pre-main sequence (PMS) evolution. We investigate the use of Li abundances as an independent clock to constrain the PMS evolution. We have calculated the LTE Li abundances for 376 members of different young associations. In addition we considered the effects of their projected stellar rotation. We present the Li depletion as function of age in the first hundred million years for the first time for the most extended sample of Li abundances in young stellar associations. A clear Li depletion can be measured in the temperature range from 5000K to 3500K for the age span covered by these nine associations. The age sequence based on the Li-clock agrees well with the isochronal ages, $ε$Cha association being the only possible exception. The lithium depletion patterns for those associations resemble those of the young open clusters, strengthening the notion that the members proposed for these loose young associations have indeed a common physical origin. The observed scatter in the Li abundances hampers the use of Li to determine reliable ages for individual stars. Rotation velocities above 20 km s$^{-1}$ seem to inhibit the Li depletion.

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