Thorium in solar twins Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Botelho R.B.
  2. Milone A. de C.
  3. Melendez J.
  4. Bedell M.
  5. Spina L.,Asplund M.
  6. dos Santos L.
  7. Bean J.L.
  8. Ramirez I.
  9. Yong D.
  10. Dreizler S.,Alves-Brito A.
  11. Yana Galarza J.
  12. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We have investigated the thorium (Th) abundance in a sample of 53 thin disc solar twins covering a wide range of ages. These data provide constrains on the mantle energy budget of terrestrial planets that can be formed over the evolution of the Galaxy's thin disc. We have estimated Th abundances with an average precision of 0.025dex (in both [Th/H] and [Th/Fe]) through comprehensive spectral synthesis of a ThII line present at 4019.1290{AA}, using very high resolution (R=115000) high quality HARPS spectra obtained at the ESO La Silla Observatory. We have confirmed that there is a large energy budget from Th decay for maintaining mantle convection inside potential rocky planets around solar twins, from the Galactic thin disc formation until now, because the pristine [Th/H]_ZAMS_ is super-solar on average under a uniform dispersion of 0.056dex (varying from +0.037 up to +0.138dex based on linear fits against isochrone stellar age). Comparing to neodymium (Nd) and europium (Eu), two others neutron-capture elements, the stellar pristine abundance of Th follows Eu along the Galactic thin disc evolution, but it does not follow Nd, probably because neodymium has a significant contribution from the s-process (about 60 per cent).

Keywords
  1. chemical-abundances
  2. multiple-stars
  3. exoplanets
  4. visible-astronomy
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2019MNRAS.482.1690B
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ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/482/1690
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.74821690

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2022-08-02T08:23:17Z
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2022-08-02T08:23:17Z
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