Improving the stellar age determination through joint modeling of binarity and asteroseismology -- Grid modeling of the seismic red-giant binary KIC 9163796

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Main Authors: Grossmann, D. H., Beck, P. G., Mathur, S., Johnston, C., Godoy-Rivera, D., Zinn, J. C., Cassisi, S., Liagre, B., Masseron, T., Garcia, R. A., Hanslmeier, A., Muntean, N., Schimak, L. S., Steinwender, L., Stello, D.
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author Grossmann, D. H.
Beck, P. G.
Mathur, S.
Johnston, C.
Godoy-Rivera, D.
Zinn, J. C.
Cassisi, S.
Liagre, B.
Masseron, T.
Garcia, R. A.
Hanslmeier, A.
Muntean, N.
Schimak, L. S.
Steinwender, L.
Stello, D.
author_facet Grossmann, D. H.
Beck, P. G.
Mathur, S.
Johnston, C.
Godoy-Rivera, D.
Zinn, J. C.
Cassisi, S.
Liagre, B.
Masseron, T.
Garcia, R. A.
Hanslmeier, A.
Muntean, N.
Schimak, L. S.
Steinwender, L.
Stello, D.
contents Context. Typical uncertainties of ages determined for single star giants from isochrone fitting using single-epoch spectroscopy and photometry without any additional constraints are 30-50 %. Binary systems, particularly double-lined spectroscopic (SB2) binaries, provide an opportunity to study the intricacies of internal stellar physics and better determine stellar parameters, particularly the stellar age. Aims. By using the constraints from binarity and asteroseismology, we aim to obtain precise age and stellar parameters for the red giant-subgiant binary system KIC 9163796, a system with a mass ratio of 1.015 but distinctly different positions in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram (HRD). Methods. We compute a multidimensional model grid of individual stellar models. From different combinations of figures of merit, we use the constraints drawn from binarity, spectroscopy, and asteroseismology to determine the stellar mass, chemical composition, and age of KIC 9163796. Results. Our combined-modeling approach leads to an age estimation of the binary system KIC 9163796 of 2.44$^{+0.25}_{-0.20}$ Gyr, which corresponds to a relative error in the age of 9 %. Furthermore, we found both components exhibiting equal initial helium abundance of 0.27 to 0.30, significantly higher than the primordial helium abundance, and an initial heavy metal abundance below the spectroscopic value. The masses of our models are in agreement with masses derived from the asteroseismic scaling relations. Conclusions. By exploiting the unique, distinct positions of KIC 9163796, we successfully demonstrated that combining asteroseismic and binary constraints leads to a significant improvement of precision in age estimation, that have a relative error below 10% for a giant star.
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spellingShingle Improving the stellar age determination through joint modeling of binarity and asteroseismology -- Grid modeling of the seismic red-giant binary KIC 9163796
Grossmann, D. H.
Beck, P. G.
Mathur, S.
Johnston, C.
Godoy-Rivera, D.
Zinn, J. C.
Cassisi, S.
Liagre, B.
Masseron, T.
Garcia, R. A.
Hanslmeier, A.
Muntean, N.
Schimak, L. S.
Steinwender, L.
Stello, D.
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Context. Typical uncertainties of ages determined for single star giants from isochrone fitting using single-epoch spectroscopy and photometry without any additional constraints are 30-50 %. Binary systems, particularly double-lined spectroscopic (SB2) binaries, provide an opportunity to study the intricacies of internal stellar physics and better determine stellar parameters, particularly the stellar age. Aims. By using the constraints from binarity and asteroseismology, we aim to obtain precise age and stellar parameters for the red giant-subgiant binary system KIC 9163796, a system with a mass ratio of 1.015 but distinctly different positions in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram (HRD). Methods. We compute a multidimensional model grid of individual stellar models. From different combinations of figures of merit, we use the constraints drawn from binarity, spectroscopy, and asteroseismology to determine the stellar mass, chemical composition, and age of KIC 9163796. Results. Our combined-modeling approach leads to an age estimation of the binary system KIC 9163796 of 2.44$^{+0.25}_{-0.20}$ Gyr, which corresponds to a relative error in the age of 9 %. Furthermore, we found both components exhibiting equal initial helium abundance of 0.27 to 0.30, significantly higher than the primordial helium abundance, and an initial heavy metal abundance below the spectroscopic value. The masses of our models are in agreement with masses derived from the asteroseismic scaling relations. Conclusions. By exploiting the unique, distinct positions of KIC 9163796, we successfully demonstrated that combining asteroseismic and binary constraints leads to a significant improvement of precision in age estimation, that have a relative error below 10% for a giant star.
title Improving the stellar age determination through joint modeling of binarity and asteroseismology -- Grid modeling of the seismic red-giant binary KIC 9163796
topic Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.09018