Abundances in the Local Region I: G and K Giants

Parameters and abundances for 1133 stars of spectral types F, G, and K of luminosity class III have been derived. In terms of stellar parameters, the primary point of interest is the disagreement between gravities derived with masses determined from isochrones, and gravities determined from an ioniz...

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Published inarXiv.org
Main Author Luck, R. Earle
Format Paper Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 06.07.2015
Subjects
Abundance
Galactic evolution
Galaxies
Ionization
Luminosity
Neutrons
Parameters
Physics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Stars
Stellar evolution
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Summary:Parameters and abundances for 1133 stars of spectral types F, G, and K of luminosity class III have been derived. In terms of stellar parameters, the primary point of interest is the disagreement between gravities derived with masses determined from isochrones, and gravities determined from an ionization balance. This is not a new result per se; but the size of this sample emphasizes the severity of the problem. A variety of arguments lead to the selection of the ionization balance gravity as the working value. The derived abundances indicate that the giants in the solar region have Sun-like total abundances and abundance ratios. Stellar evolution indicators have also been investigated with the Li abundances and the [C/Fe] and C/O ratios indicating that standard processing has been operating in these stars. The more salient result for stellar evolution is that the [C/Fe] data across the red-giant clump indicates the presence of mass dependent mixing in accord with standard stellar evolution predictions. Keywords: stars: fundamental parameters - stars: abundances - stars: evolution - Galaxy: abundances
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1507.01466