Mining the GALAH data I: Study of five Super lithium-rich metal-poor giants

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Auteurs principaux: Susmitha, Antony, Mallick, Anohita, Reddy, Bacham E.
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author Susmitha, Antony
Mallick, Anohita
Reddy, Bacham E.
author_facet Susmitha, Antony
Mallick, Anohita
Reddy, Bacham E.
contents The presence of a large amount of Li in giants is still a mystery. Most of the super Li-rich giants reported in recent studies are in the solar metallicity regime. Here, we study the five metal-poor super Li-rich giants (SLRs) from GALAH Data Release 3 with their [Fe/H] ranging from -1.35 to -2.38 with lithium abundance of A(Li) $\geq$ 3.4~dex. The asteroseismic analysis reveals that none are on the red giant branch. The average period spacing ($ΔP$ ) values indicate giants are in the core He-burning phase. All of them are low-mass giants (M $<$ 1.5M$_{\odot}$). The location in the HR diagram suggests one of them is in the red clump phase, and interestingly, the other four are much brighter and coincide with the early AGB phase. The abundance analysis reveals that C, O, Na, Ba, and Eu are normal for giants of respective metallicities and evolutionary phases. Further, we didn't find any strong evidence for the presence of dust in the form of infrared excess or binarity from the available radial velocity data. We discussed a few scenarios for the existence of SLRs at higher luminosity, including past merger events. The findings will help to understand the production and evolution of Li among giants, in particular, during and the post-red clump phase.
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spellingShingle Mining the GALAH data I: Study of five Super lithium-rich metal-poor giants
Susmitha, Antony
Mallick, Anohita
Reddy, Bacham E.
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Astrophysics of Galaxies
The presence of a large amount of Li in giants is still a mystery. Most of the super Li-rich giants reported in recent studies are in the solar metallicity regime. Here, we study the five metal-poor super Li-rich giants (SLRs) from GALAH Data Release 3 with their [Fe/H] ranging from -1.35 to -2.38 with lithium abundance of A(Li) $\geq$ 3.4~dex. The asteroseismic analysis reveals that none are on the red giant branch. The average period spacing ($ΔP$ ) values indicate giants are in the core He-burning phase. All of them are low-mass giants (M $<$ 1.5M$_{\odot}$). The location in the HR diagram suggests one of them is in the red clump phase, and interestingly, the other four are much brighter and coincide with the early AGB phase. The abundance analysis reveals that C, O, Na, Ba, and Eu are normal for giants of respective metallicities and evolutionary phases. Further, we didn't find any strong evidence for the presence of dust in the form of infrared excess or binarity from the available radial velocity data. We discussed a few scenarios for the existence of SLRs at higher luminosity, including past merger events. The findings will help to understand the production and evolution of Li among giants, in particular, during and the post-red clump phase.
title Mining the GALAH data I: Study of five Super lithium-rich metal-poor giants
topic Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Astrophysics of Galaxies
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.15542