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Clemson University

2009

Spectroscopy

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The Reality Of The Wolf 630 Moving Group, Eric Bubar Aug 2009

The Reality Of The Wolf 630 Moving Group, Eric Bubar

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The concept of relic kinematic assemblages from dispersed stellar clusters has
remained contentious since Eggen's initial formulation of moving groups in the
1960's. However, the availability of high quality parallaxes from the Hipparcos
space astrometry mission has resulted in distance measurements for thousands of
nearby, seemingly isolated stars. With these newly determined distances, a
high resolution spectroscopic abundance analysis can be brought to bear on many of the
alleged members of these relic associations. If a structure is a relic of
an open cluster, the members can be expected to be monolithic in age and abundance
inasmuch as homogeneity is …


A Spectroscopic Analysis Of V505 Persei And The Origin Of The Lithium Dip, Patrick Baugh Aug 2009

A Spectroscopic Analysis Of V505 Persei And The Origin Of The Lithium Dip, Patrick Baugh

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We study the observed Li Dip in stellar clusters and field stars, testing Rotationally Induced Mixing (RIM) by measuring Li abundances in a middle-aged (1.1±0.15 Gyr), metal poor ([Fe/H]=-0.15±0.03), short period binary, V505 Per, finding Li abundances of Log N(Li)=2.67±0.1 and 2.42±0.2 from the primary and secondary components, respectively. These abundances are significantly higher than observed abundances from single stars of similar metallicity and ZAMS Teff; as shown by comparison with NGC 752, and suggest that RIM may be a primary cause of the Li Dip.