American Astronomical Society, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 1(929), p. L14, 2022
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Abstract Based on the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) medium-resolution spectroscopic survey (MRS), we report the discovery of nine super Li-rich unevolved stars with A(Li) > 3.8 dex. These objects show unusually high levels of lithium abundances, up to three times higher than the meteoritic value of 3.3 dex, which indicates that they must have experienced a history of lithium enrichment. It is found that seven of our program stars are fast rotators with v sin i > 9 km s−1, which suggests that the accretion of circumstellar matter may be the main contributor to the lithium enhancement of these unevolved stars; however, other sources cannot be excluded.