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低质量巨星中的热盐混合:RGB和更远

Thermohaline mixing in low-mass giants: RGB and beyond

M. Cantiello, H. Hoekstra, N. Langer, A. J. T. Poelarends

摘要:

热盐混合最近被认为发生在低质量红巨星中,对低质量恒星的化学产额有很大的影响。我们调查的作用,热盐混合恒星之间的1 Msun和3 Msun的演化过程中。我们使用的恒星演化代码,其中包括旋转混合和内部磁场。我们确认,温盐混合有可能破坏大部分的氦3,这是在红巨星阶段的主序较早产生的,在恒星低于1.5Msun。我们发现这个过程在核心氦燃烧期间和之后继续。我们发现旋转和磁混合是可以忽略不计的温盐混合在相关层,即使温盐运动的相互作用与差分旋转可能是必不可少的,以建立红巨星的温盐混合的时间尺度。

英文摘要:

Thermohaline mixing has recently been proposed to occur in low mass red giants, with large consequence for the chemical yields of low mass stars. We investigate the role of thermohaline mixing during the evolution of stars between 1 Msun and 3 Msun. We use a stellar evolution code which includes rotational mixing and internal magnetic fields. We confirm that thermohaline mixing has the potential to destroy most of the helium 3 which is produced earlier on the main sequence during the red giant stage, in stars below 1.5Msun. We find this process to continue during core helium burning and beyond. We find rotational and magnetic mixing to be negligible compared to the thermohaline mixing in the relevant layers, even if the interaction of thermohaline motions with the differential rotation may be essential to establish the time scale of thermohaline mixing in red giants.

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