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经历第三次挖掘和热底燃烧的中等质量AGB星的丰度

Abundances in intermediate-mass AGB stars undergoing third dredge-up and hot-bottom burning

J. A. McSaveney, P. R. Wood, M. Scholz, J. C. Lattanzio, K. H. Hinkle

摘要:

高色散近红外光谱已经采取了七个高度进化的,可变的,中等质量(4-6 Msun)AGB星在LMC和SMC,以寻找C,N和O的变化,预计将产生从第三次疏浚和热底燃烧。对天体的脉动进行了建模,得出了恒星质量,并进行了光谱合成计算,以便从观测到的光谱中得出丰度。计算了两颗恒星的C、N、O、Na、Al、Ti、Sc和Fe的丰度,并与详细的AGB模型预测的丰度进行了比较。两颗星都显示出非常大的N增强和C不足。这些结果提供了第一个观测确认的长期预测的初级氮的生产相结合的第三次挖掘和热底部燃烧在中等质量的AGB星。其余五颗恒星的丰度无法推算:其中三颗温度太低,无法建模,而另外两颗的大气层中有强烈的冲击,导致强烈的辐射充满线核,使丰度测定成为不可能。后一种情况使我们能够预测脉动相间隔,在此期间,如果成功的丰度分析是可能的,应进行观察。

英文摘要:

High dispersion near-infrared spectra have been taken of seven highly-evolved, variable, intermediate-mass (4-6 Msun) AGB stars in the LMC and SMC in order to look for C, N and O variations that are expected to arise from third dredge-up and hot-bottom burning. The pulsation of the objects has been modelled, yielding stellar masses, and spectral synthesis calculations have been performed in order to derive abundances from the observed spectra. For two stars, abundances of C, N, O, Na, Al, Ti, Sc and Fe were derived and compared with the abundances predicted by detailed AGB models. Both stars show very large N enhancements and C deficiencies. These results provide the first observational confirmation of the long-predicted production of primary nitrogen by the combination of third dredge-up and hot-bottom burning in intermediate-mass AGB stars. It was not possible to derive abundances for the remaining five stars: three were too cool to model, while another two had strong shocks in their atmospheres which caused strong emission to fill the line cores and made abundance determination impossible. The latter occurrence allows us to predict the pulsation phase interval during which observations should be made if successful abundance analysis is to be possible.

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