Bibcode
DOI
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
Citations
66
Refereed citations
52
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.