Tayar, J. and Somers, G. and Pinsonneault, M. H. and Stello, D. and Mints, A. and Mészáros, Szabolcs (2017) The Correlation between Mixing Length and Metallicity on the Giant Branch: Implications for Ages in the Gaia Era. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 840 (1). ISSN 1538-4357
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Abstract
In the updated APOGEE-Kepler catalog, we have asteroseismic and spectroscopic data for over 3000 first ascent red giants. Given the size and accuracy of this sample, these data offer an unprecedented test of the accuracy of stellar models on the post-main-sequence. When we compare these data to theoretical predictions, we find a metallicity dependent temperature offset with a slope of around 100 K per dex in metallicity. We find that this effect is present in all model grids tested, and that theoretical uncertainties in the models, correlated spectroscopic errors, and shifts in the asteroseismic mass scale are insufficient to explain this effect. Stellar models can be brought into agreement with the data if a metallicity-dependent convective mixing length is used, with Delta alpha(ML), YREC similar to 0.2 per dex in metallicity, a trend inconsistent with the predictions of three-dimensional stellar convection simulations. If this effect is not taken into account, isochrone ages for red giants from the Gaia data will be off by as much as a factor of two even at modest deviations from solar metallicity ([Fe/H]- -0.5).
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | Q Science / természettudomány > Q1 Science (General) / természettudomány általában |
SWORD Depositor: | MTMT SWORD |
Depositing User: | MTMT SWORD |
Date Deposited: | 25 May 2023 11:54 |
Last Modified: | 25 May 2023 11:54 |
URI: | http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/166100 |
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