Lithium and magnetic fields in giants. HD 232862 : a magnetic and lithium-rich giant star

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2009-06-30

arxiv.org/abs/0906.5539v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

11 pages, 9 figures ; accepted by Astronomy and Astrophysics

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We report the detection of an unusually high lithium content in HD 232862, a field giant classified as a G8II star, and hosting a magnetic field. With the spectropolarimeters ESPaDOnS at CFHT and NARVAL at TBL, we have collected high resolution and high signal-to-noise spectra of three giants : HD 232862, KU Peg and HD 21018. From spectral synthesis we have inferred stellar parameters and measured lithium abundances that we have compared to predictions from evolutionary models. We have also analysed Stokes V signatures, looking for a magnetic field on these giants. HD 232862, presents a very high abundance of lithium (ALi = 2.45 +/- 0.25 dex), far in excess of the theoretically value expected at this spectral type and for this luminosity class (i.e, G8II). The evolutionary stage of HD 232862 has been precised, and it suggests a mass in the lower part of the [1.0 Msun ; 3.5 Msun ] mass interval, likely 1.5 to 2.0 solar mass, at the bottom of the Red Giant Branch. Besides, a time variable Stokes V signature has been detected in the data of HD 232862 and KU Peg, pointing to the presence of a magnetic field at the surface of these two rapidly rotating active stars.

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