Detailed asteroseismic modeling of two Helmi stream red giants yields ages of 11.16 and 12.52 Gyr, indicating the stream's progenitor formed stars at least 12 Gyr ago and that global scaling relations underestimate such ages.
Asteroseismology of Metal-Poor Red Giants Observed by TESS
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Galactic archeology has long been limited by a lack of precise masses and ages for metal-poor stars in the Milky Way's thick disk. However, with TESS providing a growing number of photometric observations, it is possible to calculate masses and ages for more solar-like oscillators than ever using asteroseismology. We have used the pySYD pipeline to determine global asteroseismic parameters and calculated the masses and ages of $506$ metal-poor ([M/H] $<$ -0.5) red giants observed by TESS. Our findings appear to show metallicity-dependent mass loss on the upper red giant branch and identify a set of "young" high-$\alpha$ stars that have been detected in other studies. We also find that $32.6\%$ of the metal-poor stars appear to be binary interaction products and four stars with stellar ages that could be from the Gaia Enceladus/Sausage system. In combination with existing ages from Kepler/K2, this data can be compared to galactic evolution models to better determine the formation history of the galaxy.
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Precise Asteroseismic Ages for the Helmi Streams
Detailed asteroseismic modeling of two Helmi stream red giants yields ages of 11.16 and 12.52 Gyr, indicating the stream's progenitor formed stars at least 12 Gyr ago and that global scaling relations underestimate such ages.