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低质量巨星中的热盐混合

Thermohaline mixing in low-mass giants

M. Cantiello, N. Langer

摘要:

最近有人提出热盐混合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,在这些恒星的其他混合过程中的作用。我们证实,热盐混合有可能破坏红巨星阶段主序早期产生的大部分^3He。在我们的模型中,我们发现这个过程只在初始质量M <~ 1.5Msun的恒星中起作用。此外,我们还报道了在仍有^3He储层的恒星中,在核心氦燃烧期间及之后,可能存在热盐混合。虽然旋转和磁混合是可以忽略不计的温盐混合相比,在相关的层,温盐运动的相互作用与差分旋转和磁场可能是必不可少的,以建立红巨星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 consequences for the chemical yields of low mass stars. We investigate the role of thermohaline mixing during the evolution of stars between 1Msun and 3Msun, in comparison to other mixing processes acting in these stars. We confirm that thermohaline mixing has the potential to destroy most of the ^3He which is produced earlier on the main sequence during the red giant stage. In our models we find that this process is working only in stars with initial mass M <~ 1.5Msun. Moreover, we report that thermohaline mixing can be present during core helium burning and beyond in stars which still have a ^3He reservoir. While rotational and magnetic mixing is negligible compared to the thermohaline mixing in the relevant layers, the interaction of thermohaline motions with differential rotation and magnetic fields may be essential to establish the time scale of thermohaline mixing in red giants.

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