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IRAS12556-7731:一个"变色龙"的富锂M-巨星

IRAS12556-7731: a "chamaeleonic" lithium-rich M-giant

J. M. Alcala', K. Biazzo, E. Covino, A. Frasca, L. R. Bedin

摘要:

在这封信中,我们将IRAS 12556 - 7731命名为第一颗富锂的M型巨星。由于它的光谱类型较晚,锂含量较高,且与变色龙II恒星形成区的角距离较近,因此在先前的研究中,它被错误地归类为一颗年轻的低质量恒星。基于HARPS数据、合成谱模型和自行,我们推导了该恒星的天体物理参数和运动学,并讨论了它的演化状态。这个太阳质量的红巨星(Teff = 3460 +/-60K和log(g)= 0.6 +/-0.2)的特征是相对快速的自转(vsin(i)~8km/s),轻微的太阳下金属丰度和高锂丰度,A(Li)= 2.4 +/-0.2dex。我们在其他已知的富锂K型巨星的背景下讨论IRAS 12556 - 7731。由于它靠近红巨星分支的尖端,IRAS 12556 - 7731是迄今为止已知的最冷的富锂巨星,也是质量最小、最明亮的巨星之一,其中锂的增强被检测到。在几种可能的解释中,我们不能排除锂的增强和恒星的快速旋转是由棕矮星或行星的吞噬引发的可能性。

英文摘要:

In this letter we characterise IRAS12556-7731 as the first lithium-rich M-type giant. Based on its late spectral type and high lithium content, and because of its proximity in angular distance to the ChamaeleonII star-forming region, the star was misclassified as a young low-mass star in a previous work. Based on HARPS data, synthetic spectral modelling, and proper motions, we derive the astrophysical parameters and kinematics of the star and discuss its evolutionary status. This solar-mass red giant (Teff=3460+/-60K and log(g)=0.6+/-0.2) is characterised by a relatively fast rotation (v sin(i)~8km/s), slightly subsolar metallicity and a high-lithium abundance, A(Li)=2.4+/-0.2dex. We discuss IRAS12556-7731 within the context of other known lithium-rich K-type giants. Because it is close to the tip of the red giant branch, IRAS12556-7731 is the coolest lithium-rich giant known so far, and it is among the least massive and most luminous giants where enhancement of lithium has been detected. Among several possible explanations, we cannot preclude the possibility that the lithium enhancement and rapid rotation of the star were triggered by the engulfment of a brown dwarf or a planet.

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