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贫金属富锂巨星径向速度实验测量

Metal-Poor Lithium-Rich Giants in the Radial Velocity Experiment Survey

Gregory R. Ruchti, Jon P. Fulbright, Rosemary F. G. Wyse, Gerard F. Gilmore, Eva K. Grebel, Olivier Bienayme, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Ken C. Freeman, Brad K. Gibso… 展开作者

Gregory R. Ruchti, Jon P. Fulbright, Rosemary F. G. Wyse, Gerard F. Gilmore, Eva K. Grebel, Olivier Bienayme, Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Ken C. Freeman, Brad K. Gibson, Ulisse Munari, Julio F. Navarro, Quentin A. Parker, Warren Reid, George M. Seabroke, Arnaud Siebert, Alessandro Siviero, Matthias Steinmetz, Fred G. Watson, Mary Williams, Tomaz Zwitter

摘要:

我们报道了在RAVE巡天中选取的700多颗贫金属恒星([Fe/H]<-0.5)的高分辨率光谱样品中发现的8颗富锂场巨星。在我们的样本中,大多数富含锂的巨星都是金属贫乏的([Fe/H]<-1.9),并具有Li丰度(以7 Li的形式存在),A(Li)=log(n(Li)/n(H))+12,在2.30和3.63之间,远高于典型红巨星分支的上限,A(Li)<0.5,而两颗A(Li)~1.7-1.8,在相同的重力下显示出与正常巨星相似的锂丰度。在我们的样本中,我们还包括了两个贫金属、富锂的球状星团巨星,即先前发现的M3-IV 101和新发现的(在这项工作中)M68-A96。这是迄今为止最大的贫金属富锂巨星样本。我们对所有恒星进行了详细的丰度分析,发现大多数样本恒星的元素丰度与Li正常晕巨星相似。虽然每颗富锂巨星的演化阶段无法明确确定,但富锂阶段可能与红巨星分支碰撞或早期渐近巨星分支的额外混合有关,这些分支触发了冷底部处理,其中外部对流包层的底部连接到恒星中的H燃烧壳层。恒星表面的锂含量会随着7 Be(燃烧成7 Li)通过Cameron-Fowler机制被输送到恒星表面而增加。我们讨论和歧视的额外混合,可以导致锂生产的几种模型,在我们的样本中的详细丰度的锂丰富的巨人。

英文摘要:

We report the discovery of eight lithium-rich field giants found in a high resolution spectroscopic sample of over 700 metal-poor stars ([Fe/H]<-0.5) selected from the RAVE survey. The majority of the Li-rich giants in our sample are very metal-poor ([Fe/H]<-1.9), and have a Li abundance (in the form of 7Li), A(Li)=log(n(Li)/n(H))+12, between 2.30 and 3.63, well above the typical upper red giant branch limit, A(Li)<0.5, while two stars, with A(Li)~1.7-1.8, show similar lithium abundances to normal giants at the same gravity. We further included two metal-poor, Li-rich globular cluster giants in our sample, namely the previously discovered M3-IV101 and newly discovered (in this work) M68-A96. This comprises the largest sample of metal-poor Li-rich giants to date. We performed a detailed abundance analysis of all stars, finding that the majority our sample stars have elemental abundances similar to that of Li-normal halo giants. Although the evolutionary phase of each Li-rich giant cannot be definitively determined, the Li-rich phase is likely connected to extra mixing at the red giant branch bump or early asymptotic giant branch that triggers cool bottom processing in which the bottom of the outer convective envelope is connected to the H-burning shell in the star. The surface of a star becomes Li-enhanced as 7Be (which burns to 7Li) is transported to the stellar surface via the Cameron-Fowler mechanism. We discuss and discriminate among several models for the extra mixing that can cause Li-production, given the detailed abundances of the Li-rich giants in our sample.

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