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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/547/A106
- Title:
- Li abundances in the FGK dwarfs
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/547/A106
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The aim of the present study is to determine the Li abundances for a large set of the FGK dwarfs and to analyse the connections between the Li content, stellar parameters, and activity. The atmospheric parameters, rotational velocities and the Li abundances were determined from a homogeneous collection of the echelle spectra with high resolution and a high signal-to-noise ratio. The rotational velocities vsini were determined by calibrating the cross-correlation function. The effective temperatures Teff were estimated by the line depth ratio method. The surface gravities logg were computed by two methods: the iron ionization balance and the parallax. The LTE Li abundances were computed using synthetic spectra method. The behaviour of the Li abundance was examined in correlation with Teff, [Fe/H], as well as with vsini and the level of activity in three stellar groups of the different temperature range. The stellar parameters and the Li abundances are presented for 150 slow rotating stars of the lower part of MS. The studied stars show a decline in the Li abundance with decreasing temperature Teff and a significant spread, which should be due to the difference of age of stars. The correlations between the Li abundances, rotational velocities vsini, and the level of the chromospheric activity were discovered for the stars with 6000>Teff>5700K, and it is tighter for the stars with 5700>Teff>5200K. The target stars with Teff<5200K do not show any correlation between log A(Li) and vsini. The relationship between the chromospheric and coronal fluxes in active with detected Li as well as in less active stars gives a hint that there exist different conditions in the action of the dynamo mechanism in those stars. We found that the Li-activity correlation is evident only in a restricted temperature range and the Li abundance spread seems to be present in a group of low chromospheric activity stars that also show a broad spread in the chromospheric vs. coronal activity.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/539/A157
- Title:
- Li and Na in globular cluster M4
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/539/A157
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The abundance inhomogeneities of light elements observed in globular clusters (GCs), and notably the ubiquitous Na-O anti-correlation, are generally interpreted as evidence that GCs comprise several generations of stars. There is an on-going debate as to the nature of the stars, which produce the inhomogeneous elements, and investigating the behavior of several elements is a way to shed new light on this problem. We aim at investigating the Li and Na content of the GC M4, that is known to have a well defined Na-O anti-correlation. We obtained moderate resolution (R=17000-18700) spectra for 91 main sequence (MS)/sub-giant branch stars of M4 with the Giraffe spectrograph at the FLAMES/VLT ESO facility. Using model atmospheres analysis we measured lithium and sodium abundances.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/159/90
- Title:
- Li, C and O abundances of FGK stars
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/159/90
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Abundances of lithium, carbon, and oxygen have been derived using spectral synthesis for a sample of 249 bright F, G, and K Northern Hemisphere dwarf stars from the high-resolution spectra acquired with the Vilnius University Echelle Spectrograph (VUES) at the Moletai Astronomical Observatory of Vilnius University. The sample stars have metallicities, effective temperatures, and ages between -0.7-0.4dex, 5000-6900K, 1-12Gyr, accordingly. We confirm a so far unexplained lithium abundance decrease at supersolar metallicities --A(Li) in our sample stars, which drop by 0.7dex in the [Fe/H] range from +0.10 to +0.55dex. Furthermore, we identified stars with similar ages, atmospheric parameters, and rotational velocities, but with significantly different lithium abundances, which suggests that additional specific evolutionary factors should be taken into account while interpreting the stellar lithium content. Nine stars with predominantly supersolar metallicities, i.e., about 12% among 78 stars with C and O abundances determined, have the C/O number ratios larger than 0.65, thus may form carbon-rich rocky planets. Ten planet-hosting stars, available in our sample, do not show a discernible difference from the stars with no planets detected regarding their lithium content.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/610/A38
- Title:
- Li enrichment histories of the thick/thin disc
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/610/A38
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Lithium abundance in most of the warm metal-poor main sequence stars shows a constant plateau (A(Li)~2.2dex) and then the upper envelope of the lithium vs. metallicity distribution increases as we approach solar metallicity. Meteorites, which carry information about the chemical composition of the interstellar medium at the solar system formation time, show a lithium abundance A(Li)~3.26dex. This pattern reflects the Li enrichment history of the interstellar medium during the Galaxy lifetime. After the initial Li production in Big Bang Nucleosynthesis, the sources of the enrichment include AGB stars, low-mass red giants, novae, type II supernovae, and Galactic cosmic rays. The total amount of enriched Li is sensitive to the relative contribution of these sources. Thus different Li enrichment histories are expected in the Galactic thick and thin disc. We investigate the main sequence stars observed with UVES in Gaia-ESO Survey iDR4 catalog and find a Li-[alpha/Fe] anticorrelation independent of [Fe/H], Teff, and log(g). Since in stellar evolution different {alpha} enhancements at the same metallicity do not lead to a measurable Li abundance change, the anticorrelation indicates that more Li is produced during the Galactic thin disc phase than during the Galactic thick disc phase. We also find a correlation between the abundance of Li and s-process elements Ba and Y, and they both decrease above the solar metallicity, which can be explained in the framework of the adopted Galactic chemical evolution models.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/489/403
- Title:
- Line abundances for solar stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/489/403
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the abundance measurements of several elements (Fe, Ca, Na, Ni, Ti, Al, Cr, Si) for 20 solar-type stars belonging to four Galactic open clusters: NGC 3680, IC 4651, Praesepe, and M 67. Oxygen abundances were in addition measured for most stars in each cluster apart from IC 4651. For NGC 3680, accurate abundance determinations using high-resolution spectra covering a large spectral domain are computed for the first time. We used UVES high-resolution, high signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio spectra and performed a differential analysis with respect to the sun, by measuring equivalent widths and assuming LTE.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/724/154
- Title:
- Lithium abundances in stars with planets
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/724/154
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This work presents a homogeneous determination of lithium abundances in a large sample of giant-planet-hosting stars (N=117) and a control sample of disk stars without detected planets (N=145). The lithium abundances were derived using a detailed profile fitting of the LiI doublet at 6708{AA} in LTE. The planet-hosting and comparison stars were chosen to have significant overlap in their respective physical properties, including effective temperatures, luminosities, masses, metallicities, and ages. The combination of uniform data and homogeneous analysis with well-selected samples makes this study well suited to probe for possible differences in the lithium abundances found in planet-hosting stars. An overall comparison between the two samples reveals no obvious differences between stars with and without planets. A closer examination of the behavior of the Li abundances over a narrow range of effective temperature (5700K<=T_eff_<=5850K) indicates subtle differences between the two stellar samples; this temperature range is particularly sensitive to various physical processes that can deplete lithium.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/493/601
- Title:
- Lithium abundances of halo dwarfs
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/493/601
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The discovery of the Spite plateau in the abundances of ^7^Li^ for metal-poor stars led to the determination of an observationally deduced primordial lithium abundance. However, after the success of the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) in determining the baryon density, {Omega}_B_h^2^, there was a discrepancy between observationally determined and theoretically determined abundances in the case of ^7^Li. One of the most important uncertain factors in the calculation of the stellar ^7^Li abundance is the effective temperature, Teff. We use sixteen metal-poor halo dwarfs to calculate new Teff values using the excitation energy method. With this temperature scale we then calculate new Li abundances for this group of stars in an attempt to resolve the ^7^Li discrepancy.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/713/L1
- Title:
- Lithium and proton-capture elements in 47 Tuc
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/713/L1
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Previous surveys in a few metal-poor globular clusters (GCs) showed that the determination of abundances for Li and proton-capture elements offers a key tool to address the intracluster pollution scenario. In this Letter, we present Na, O, and Li abundances in a large sample of dwarf stars in the metal-rich GC 47 Tucanae. We found a clear Na-O anticorrelation, in good agreement with what obtained for giant members by Carretta et al. (2009, Cat. J/A+A/505/117). While lithium and oxygen abundances appear to be positively correlated with each other, there is a large scatter, well exceeding observational errors, and no anticorrelation with sodium. These findings suggest that Li depletion, due to mechanisms internal to the stars (which are cooler and more metal-rich than those on the Spite plateau), combines with the usual pollution scenario responsible for the Na-O anticorrelation.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/519/L3
- Title:
- Lithium content of {omega} Cen
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/519/L3
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A discrepancy has emerged between the cosmic lithium abundance inferred by the WMAP satellite measurement coupled with the prediction of the standard big-bang nucleosynthesis theory, and the constant Li abundance measured in metal-poor halo dwarf stars (the so-called Spite plateau). Several models are being proposed to explain this discrepancy, involving either new physics, in situ depletion, or the efficient depletion of Li in the pristine Galaxy by a generation of massive first stars. The realm of possibilities may be narrowed considerably by observing stellar populations in different galaxies, which have experienced different evolutionary histories. The omega Centauri stellar system is commonly considered as the remnant of a dwarf galaxy accreted by the Milky Way. We investigate the lithium content of a conspicuous sample of unevolved stars in this object.
