SIMBAD references

2015A&A...582L...6S - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 582, L6-6 (2015/10-1)

The Gaia-ESO Survey: chemical signatures of rocky accretion in a young solar-type star.

SPINA L., PALLA F., RANDICH S., SACCO G., JEFFRIES R., MAGRINI L., FRANCIOSINI E., MEYER M.R., TAUTVAISIENE G., GILMORE G., ALFARO E.J., ALLENDE PRIETO C., BENSBY T., BRAGAGLIA A., FLACCOMIO E., KOPOSOV S.E., LANZAFAME A.C., COSTADO M.T., HOURIHANE A., LARDO C., LEWIS J., MONACO L., MORBIDELLI L., SOUSA S.G., WORLEY C.C. and ZAGGIA S.

Abstract (from CDS):

It is well known that newly formed planetary systems undergo processes of orbital reconfiguration and planetary migration. As a result, planets or protoplanetary objects may accrete onto the central star, being fused and mixed into its external layers. If the accreted mass is sufficiently high and the star has a sufficiently thin convective envelope, such events may result in a modification of the chemical composition of the stellar photosphere in an observable way, enhancing it with elements that were abundant in the accreted mass. The recent Gaia-ESO Survey observations of the 10-20Myr old Gamma Velorum cluster have enabled identifying a star that is significantly enriched in iron with respect to other cluster members. In this Letter we further investigate the abundance pattern of this star, showing that its abundance anomaly is not limited to iron, but is also present in the refractory elements, whose overabundances are correlated with the condensation temperature. This finding strongly supports the hypothesis of a recent accretion of rocky material.

Abstract Copyright:

Journal keyword(s): stars: abundances - stars: chemically peculiar - stars: pre-main sequence - galaxies: star clusters: individual: Gamma Velorum - planet-star interactions - techniques: spectroscopic

Simbad objects: 7

goto Full paper

goto View the references in ADS

To bookmark this query, right click on this link: simbad:2015A&A...582L...6S and select 'bookmark this link' or equivalent in the popup menu