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Identification of additional young nearby runaway stars based on Gaia data release 2 observations and the lithium test

Torres, Guillermo; Mugrauer, Markus; Michel, Kai-Uwe +4 more

Runaway stars are characterized by their remarkably high space velocities, and the study of their formation mechanisms has attracted considerable interest. Young, nearby runaway stars are the most favorable for identifying their place of origin, and for searching for possible associated objects such as neutron stars. Usually, the research field of…