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2013MNRAS.430..611M - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 430, 611-620 (2013/March-3)

Lithium-rich field giants in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.

MARTELL S.L. and SHETRONE M.D.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present a search for post-main-sequence field stars in the Galaxy with atypically large lithium abundances. Using moderate-resolution spectra taken as part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, along with high-resolution followup spectroscopy from the Hobby-Eberly Telescope, we identify 23 post-turnoff stars with log ε(Li) greater than 1.95, including 14 with log ε(Li) ≥ 2.3 and 8 with log ε(Li) ≥ 3.0, well above the low level expected for evolved stars. Comparison with theoretical isochrones indicates that some of our Li-rich stars are affiliated with the upper red giant branch, the asymptotic giant branch and the red clump rather than the RGB bump, which is a challenge to existing models of Li production in evolved stars.

Abstract Copyright: © 2013 The Authors Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society (2013)

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