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Lambda Boötis star

(λ Boo)
(peculiar star with metallicity only with lighter elements)

A Lambda Boötis star (λ Boo) is a chemically peculiar star, apparently a Population I star, generally A-type. with carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen metallicity much like the Sun, but with much less iron and heavier elements. Lambda Boötis (λ Boötis) is the prototype. On the order of 50-100 are known. There is no consensus explanation: theories include attributes of the star-forming region, or accretion of less-iron-rich gas after formation.


(star type,metallicity,iron)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambda_Boötis_star
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015AJ....150..166J/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002AJ....124..989G/abstract

Referenced by page:
chemically peculiar star (CP star)

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