High lithium abundance in the secondary of the black-hole binary system V404 Cygni

Bibcode
1992Natur.358..129M
DOI
10.1038/358129a0
Martin, E. L.; Rebolo, R.; Casares, J.; Charles, P. A.
Bibliographical reference

Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 358, no. 6382, July 9, 1992, p. 129-131.

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1992
Number of authors
4
IAC number of authors
3
Citations
67
Refereed citations
53
Description
The discovery of lithium in the spectrum of the binary system V404 Cygni is described. A high lithium abundance in the secondary star, close to that of very young stars, is derived. Without lithium production, the secondary would have to be comparable in age to the Pleiades cluster. If the system is not being seen at an early moment in its lifetime, there must have been lithium production which could be associated with either the supernova explosion that created it or the accretion disk now there.
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Refereed

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