Sofia Feltzing
Professor
On the metallicity dependence of the [Y/Mg]–age relation for solar-type stars
Författare
Summary, in English
Several recent studies of solar twins in the solar neighbourhood have shown a tight correlation between various elemental abundances and age, in particular [Y/Mg]. If this relation is real and valid for other types of stars as well as elsewhere in the Galaxy, it would provide a very powerful tool to derive ages of stars without the need to resort to determining their masses (evolutionary stage) very precisely. The method would also likely work if the stellar parameters have relatively large errors. The studies presented in the recent literature span a narrow range of [Fe/H]. By studying a larger sample of solar neighbourhood dwarfs with a much larger range of [Fe/H], we find that the relation between [Y/Mg] and age depends on the [Fe/H] of the stars. Hence, it appears that the [Y/Mg]–age relation is unique to solar analogues.
Avdelning/ar
- Astronomi - Har omorganiserats
Publiceringsår
2017-02-11
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
109-113
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Volym
465
Issue
1
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Oxford University Press
Ämne
- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
Aktiv
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1745-3925