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M67-1194,M67中一个异常的太阳孪生兄弟

M67-1194, an unusually Sun-like solar twin in M67

Anna Önehag, Andreas Korn, Bengt Gustafsson, Eric Stempels, Don A. VandenBerg

摘要:

丰富的疏散星团M67的化学成分接近太阳,年龄约为4 Gyr。因此,它提供了一个机会,以检查我们的理解的物理和演化的太阳型恒星在集群环境。我们提出了第一个光谱研究,在高分辨率,R~50,000,潜在的最好的太阳孪生兄弟,M67-1194,在M67中的类太阳恒星中确定。基于Pasquini等人(2008年)在中等分辨率下对太阳孪生候选者进行的预选,我们使用VLT/FLAMES-UVES探索了M67-1194和太阳之间的化学丰度相似性和差异。与太阳双胞胎的差分分析的框架下工作,我们尽量减少系统模型的错误,在丰度分析相比,以前的研究,利用更多的演变恒星,以确定金属丰度的M67。我们发现M67-1194的恒星参数与太阳值没有区别,除了整体金属丰度略高于太阳值([Fe/H]=0.023 +/- 0.015)。根据进化轨迹确定的年龄为4.2 +/- 1.6Gyr。最令人惊讶的是,我们发现化学丰度模式非常类似于太阳,与太阳附近大多数已知的太阳双胞胎形成对比。我们确认了M67-1194的太阳双星性质,这是已知的第一个属于恒星协会的太阳双星。这一事实使我们能够对M67-1194和太阳在化学成分方面似乎系统性地偏离大多数已知的太阳孪星的物理原因进行一些限制。我们发现,附近发光恒星的辐射尘埃净化可能是太阳和M67-1194的特殊组成的解释,但其他解释也是可能的。太阳和M67-1194之间的化学相似性也表明太阳曾经形成过类似于M67的星团。

英文摘要:

The rich open cluster M67 is known to have a chemical composition close to solar, and an age around 4Gyr. It thus offers the opportunity to check our understanding of the physics and the evolution of solar-type stars in a cluster environment. We present the first spectroscopic study at high resolution, R~50,000, of the potentially best solar twin, M67-1194, identified among solar-like stars in M67. Based on a pre-selection of solar-twin candidates performed at medium resolution by Pasquini et al. (2008), we explore the chemical-abundance similarities and differences between M67-1194 and the Sun, using VLT/FLAMES-UVES. Working with a solar twin in the framework of a differential analysis, we minimize systematic model errors in the abundance analysis compared to previous studies which utilized more evolved stars to determine the metallicity of M67. We find M67-1194 to have stellar parameters indistinguishable from the solar values, with the exception of the overall metallicity which is slightly super-solar ([Fe/H]=0.023 +/- 0.015). An age determination based on evolutionary tracks yields 4.2 +/- 1.6Gyr. Most surprisingly, we find the chemical abundance pattern to closely resemble the solar one, in contrast to most known solar twins in the solar neighbourhood. We confirm the solar-twin nature of M67-1194, the first solar twin known to belong to a stellar association. This fact allows us to put some constraints on the physical reasons for the seemingly systematic departure of M67-1194 and the Sun from most known solar twins regarding chemical composition. We find that radiative dust cleansing by nearby luminous stars may be the explanation for the peculiar composition of both the Sun and M67-1194, but alternative explanations are also possible. The chemical similarity between the Sun and M67-1194 also suggests that the Sun once formed in a cluster like M67.

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