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双星之间的潮汐相互作用驱动低质量红巨星中的锂生产

Tidal interactions between binary stars drives lithium production in low-mass red giants

Andrew R. Casey, Anna Y. Q. Ho, Melissa Ness, Hans-Walter Rix, George C. Angelou, Saskia Hekker, Christopher A. Tout, John C. Lattanzio, Amanda I. Karakas, Tyro… 展开作者

Andrew R. Casey, Anna Y. Q. Ho, Melissa Ness, Hans-Walter Rix, George C. Angelou, Saskia Hekker, Christopher A. Tout, John C. Lattanzio, Amanda I. Karakas, Tyrone E. Woods, Adrian M. Price-Whelan, Kevin C. Schlaufman

摘要:

恒星演化的理论模型预测,当恒星变成红巨星时,恒星内部的大部分锂都被破坏了。然而,观测显示,大约1%的红巨星特别富含锂,通常超过星际介质或大爆炸预测的数量。在过去的40年里,只发现了大约150颗富锂巨星,除了锂的增强之外,没有其他独特的性质,富锂巨星的起源是恒星天体物理学中最古老的问题之一。在这里,我们报告了2,330个低质量(1到3 $\,M_\odot$)富锂巨星的发现,我们认为这与由双星伴星潮汐自旋驱动的内部锂生产是一致的。我们的样本显示,大多数富锂巨星都有燃烧氦的核心($80^{+7}_{-6}\%$),富锂巨星的频率随着恒星金属丰度的增加而增加。我们发现,虽然行星吸积可以解释一些富含锂的巨星,但它不能解释大多数具有氦燃烧核心的巨星。我们排除了大多数其他提出的解释作为富锂巨星的主要机制,包括与单星演化有关的所有阶段。我们的分析表明,巨行星富含锂的时间只有大约200万年。根据这个锂耗尽时间尺度的预测,大多数具有氦燃烧核心的富锂巨星都有一个双星伴星。

英文摘要:

Theoretical models of stellar evolution predict that most of the lithium inside a star is destroyed as the star becomes a red giant. However, observations reveal that about 1% of red giants are peculiarly rich in lithium, often exceeding the amount in the interstellar medium or predicted from the Big Bang. With only about 150 lithium-rich giants discovered in the past four decades, and no distinguishing properties other than lithium enhancement, the origin of lithium-rich giant stars is one of the oldest problems in stellar astrophysics. Here we report the discovery of 2,330 low-mass (1 to 3$\,M_\odot$) lithium-rich giant stars, which we argue are consistent with internal lithium production that is driven by tidal spin-up by a binary companion. Our sample reveals that most lithium-rich giants have helium-burning cores ($80^{+7}_{-6}\%$), and that the frequency of lithium-rich giants rises with increasing stellar metallicity. We find that while planet accretion may explain some lithium-rich giants, it cannot account for the majority that have helium-burning cores. We rule out most other proposed explanations as the primary mechanism for lithium-rich giants, including all stages related to single star evolution. Our analysis shows that giants remain lithium-rich for only about two million years. A prediction from this lithium depletion timescale is that most lithium-rich giants with a helium-burning core have a binary companion.

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