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2021ApJ...914...61K - Astrophys. J., 914, 61-61 (2021/June-2)

Discovery of beryllium in white dwarfs polluted by planetesimal accretion.

KLEIN B.L., DOYLE A.E., ZUCKERMAN B., DUFOUR P., BLOUIN S., MELIS C., WEINBERGER A.J. and YOUNG E.D.

Abstract (from CDS):

The element beryllium is detected for the first time in white dwarf stars. This discovery in the spectra of two helium-atmosphere white dwarfs was made possible only because of the remarkable overabundance of Be relative to all other elements, heavier than He, observed in these stars. The measured Be abundances, relative to chondritic, are by far the largest ever seen in any astronomical object. We anticipate that the Be in these accreted planetary bodies was produced by spallation of one or more of O, C, and N in a region of high fluence of particles of MeV or greater energy.

Abstract Copyright: © 2021. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Journal keyword(s): White dwarf stars - Abundance ratios - Overabundances - High resolution spectroscopy - Stellar spectral lines - Stellar accretion - Planetesimals - Extrasolar rocky planets

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