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大质量恒星中旋转混合的效率有多高?

How Efficient is Rotational Mixing in Massive Stars ?

I. Brott, I. Hunter, P. Anders, N. Langer

摘要:

大质量恒星的VLT火焰巡天(Evans 05,Evans 06)提供了麦哲伦星云中大质量恒星的旋转速度和氮表面丰度的精确测量。特别是,第一次,这样的丰度已经估计的恒星具有显着的旋转速度。这个非凡的数据集为我们提供了校准旋转和磁致混合过程的独特可能性。因此,我们计算了一个网格的恒星演化模型的质量,初始旋转速度和化学成分的变化。在我们的模型中,我们发现,虽然由Spruit-Taylor发电机产生的磁场对于理解内部角动量输运(以及旋转行为)是必不可少的,但为了重现观测结果,必须忽略相应的化学混合。此外,我们表明,对于低金属丰度详细的初始丰度是最重要的,太阳尺度的丰度可能会导致显着的校准误差。

英文摘要:

The VLT-Flames Survey for Massive Stars (Evans05,Evans06) provides recise measurements of rotational velocities and nitrogen surface abundances of massive stars in the Magellanic Clouds. Specifically, for the first time, such abundances have been estimated for stars with significant rotational velocities. This extraordinary data set gives us the unique possibility to calibrate rotationally and magnetically induced mixing processes. Therefore, we have computed a grid of stellar evolution models varying in mass, initial rotational velocity and chemical composition. In our models we find that although magnetic fields generated by the Spruit-Taylor dynamo are essential to understand the internal angular momentum transport (and hence the rotational behavior), the corresponding chemical mixing must be neglected to reproduce the observations. Further we show that for low metallicities detailed initial abundances are of prime importance, as solar-scaled abundances may result in significant calibration errors.

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