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2018ApJ...858..103F - Astrophys. J., 858, 103-103 (2018/May-2)

Fossil merger of a population II star.

FUHRMANN K. and CHINI R.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report on a fossil stellar merger for the subgiant primary of the visual binary HR 3750. The subgiant leads to an age τ ≃ 3.2 Gyr for a mass MA = 1.39 ± 0.09 M, in contradiction with its low iron-to-magnesium abundance that classifies it as a Population II (thick-disk) star. Upon the assumption of an ancient source, and since there appears to be no inner Aa-Ab subsystem for HR 3750, the mass of the subgiant primary can only be understood in terms of a merger with a former tertiary component. In a mass conserving scenario, and with MAa = 1.03 ± 0.03 M as the likely progenitor mass of the primary, the mass of the accreted companion is suggestive of an M dwarf at MAb = 0.36 ± 0.03 M.

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Journal keyword(s): blue stragglers - stars: fundamental parameters - stars: individual: HR 3750 - stars: Population II - stars: solar-type

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