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M67中的锂:从主序到红巨星分支

Lithium in M67: From the main sequence to the red giant branch

Giancarlo Pace, Matthieu Castro, Jorge Melendez, Sylvie Theado, Jose-Dias do Nascimento

摘要:

疏散星团中的锂丰度是混合过程的一个非常有效的探测器,它们的研究有助于理解太阳中锂的大量耗尽。由于它的年龄和金属丰度,疏散星团M67在这方面特别有趣。许多关于M67中锂丰度的研究已经完成,但从太阳下到最大质量成员的恒星中锂的均匀全球分析从未完成过基于高质量光谱的大样本。我们测试了非标准模型,这些模型是使用太阳和观测数据进行校准的。我们收集了文献数据,以遵循,第一次在一个均匀的方式,NLTE锂丰度的所有观察到的单星在M67更大的质量超过约0.9太阳质量。我们的网格的进化模型计算与非标准混合金属丰度[Fe/H] = 0.01,使用图卢兹-日内瓦进化代码。分析从ZAMS中的入口开始。M67中的锂是质量比太阳大的恒星的紧函数,除了少数异常值。在锂丰度的平台上观察到关闭的恒星。质量较小和质量较大的恒星都比高原中的恒星更加耗尽。对于任何低于M <= 1.1太阳质量的给定质量,锂丰度都有显著的分散。我们的模型定性地再现了上述大部分特征,尽管预测的锂耗尽比在高原地区观察到的质量小0.45 dex,即在1.1和1.28太阳质量之间。显然,需要做更多的工作来完全匹配观察结果。尽管有迹象表明色球层的活动和旋转在锂的消耗中发挥了作用,但根据目前的数据还不能得出确切的结论。

英文摘要:

Lithium abundances in open clusters are a very effective probe of mixing processes, and their study can help to understand the large depletion of lithium in the Sun. Due to its age and metallicity, the open cluster M67 is especially interesting on this regard. Many studies on lithium abundances in M67 have already been performed, but a homogeneous global analysis of lithium in stars from subsolar up to the most massive members, was never accomplished for a large sample based on high-quality spectra. We tested our non-standard models, which were calibrated using the Sun with observational data. We collected literature data to follow, for the first time in a homogeneous way, NLTE lithium abundances of all observed single stars in M67 more massive than about 0.9 solar masses. Our grid of evolutionary models were computed with non-standard mixing at metallicity [Fe/H] = 0.01, using the Toulouse-Geneva evolution code. The analysis is started from the entrance in the ZAMS. Lithium in M67 is a tight function of mass for stars more massive than the Sun, apart of a few outliers. A plateau in lithium abundances is observed for turn-off stars. Both less massive and more massive stars are more depleted than those in the plateau. There is a significant scatter in lithium abundances for any given mass lower than M <= 1.1 solar masses. Our models qualitatively reproduce most of the features described above, although the predicted depletion of lithium is 0.45 dex smaller than observed for masses in the plateau region, i.e. between 1.1 and 1.28 solar masses. Clearly, more work is needed to throughly match the observations. Despite hints that chromospheric activity and rotation play a role in lithium depletion, no firm conclusion can be drawn with the presently available data.

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