Sub-stellar engulfment by a main sequence star: where is the lithium?
arXiv:2210.17363 · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202244848
Abstract
In this work, we study whether the engulfment of a brown dwarf (BD) by a solar-like main-sequence (MS) star can significantly alter the structure of the star and the Li content on its surface. We perform 3D Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics simulations of the engulfment of a BD with masses 0.01 and 0.019 Msun, onto an MS star of 1 Msun and solar composition, in three different scenarios: a head-on collision, a grazing collision, and a merger. We study the dynamics of the interaction in detail, and the relevance of the type of interaction and the mass of the BD on the final fate of the sub-stellar object and the host star in terms of mass loss of the system, angular momentum transfer, and changes in the Li abundance in the surface of the host star. We found that most of the BD mass is diluted in the denser region of the MS star. Only in the merger scenario a significant fraction (40%) of the BD material would remain in the outer layers. We find a clear increase in the surface rotational velocity of the host star after the interaction, ranging between 25 km/s (grazing collision) to 50 km/s (merger). We also find a significant mass loss from the system (1e-4 - 1e-3 Msun) due to the engulfment, which in the case of the merger, may form a circumstellar disk-like structure. Assuming that neither the depth of the convective envelope of the host star nor its mass content are modified during the interaction, a small change in the surface Li abundance in the head-on and grazing collisions is found. However, in the merger we find large Li enhancements, by factors 20-30, depending on the BD mass. Some of these features could be detected observationally in the host star provide they remain long enough time.
arXiv comment18 pages, 16 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics
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