The age-metallicity relation in the solar neighbourhood from a pilot sample of white dwarf-main sequence binaries
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ProjecteSIMULACIONES MULTIDIMENSIONALES DE NOVAS Y SUPERNOVAS IA (MINECO-AYA2014-59084-P)
WDTRACER - White Dwarfs as Tracers of Stellar, Binary and Planetary Evolution (EC-FP7-320964)
WDTRACER - White Dwarfs as Tracers of Stellar, Binary and Planetary Evolution (EC-FP7-320964)
Abstract
The age–metallicity relation (AMR) is a fundamental observational constraint for understanding how the Galactic disc formed and evolved chemically in time. However, there is not yet an agreement on the observational properties of the AMR for the solar neighbourhood, primarily due to the difficulty in obtaining accurate stellar ages for individual field stars. We have started an observational campaign for providing the much needed observational input by using wide white-dwarf–main-sequence (WDMS) binaries. White dwarfs are ‘natural’ clocks and can be used to derive accurate ages. Metallicities can be obtained from the main-sequence companions. Since the progenitors of white dwarfs and the main-sequence stars were born at the same time, WDMS binaries provide a unique opportunity to observationally constrain in a robust way the properties of the AMR. In this work we present the AMR derived from analysing a pilot sample of 23 WDMS binaries and provide clear observational evidence for the lack of correlation between age and metallicity at young and intermediate ages (0–7 Gyr).
CitacióRebassa, A., Anguiano, B., Garcia-berro, E., Freeman, K., Cojocaru, E., Manser, C., Pala, A., Gänsicke, B. T., Liu, X. The age-metallicity relation in the solar neighbourhood from a pilot sample of white dwarf-main sequence binaries. "Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society", 1 Desembre 2016, vol. 463, núm. 2, p. 1137-1143.
ISSN0035-8711
Versió de l'editorhttp://mnras.oxfordjournals.org/content/463/2/1137
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