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碳增强贫金属星的轻元素丰度

Light element abundances in carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars

Richard J. Stancliffe

摘要:

我们模拟碳增强贫金属(CEMP)恒星中轻元素丰度的演化,假设这样的恒星是通过质量转移形成的二元系统。我们模拟了一颗渐近巨星分支星喷射到伴星表面的物质吸积过程。然后,我们研究三种不同的情况:一种是混合的材料只通过对流过程,一种是存在的温盐混合和第三种是在考虑到温盐混合和重力沉降。这些运行的结果进行了比较,在CEMP星(主要是CEMP-s星,这是丰富的$s$过程的元素,并可能已形成的质量转移从AGB星),重点是元素Li,F,Na和Mg的轻元素丰度测量。没有一个元素能够提供一个决定性的图片的混合程度的吸积材料。我们证实,锂只能保存,如果很少混合发生。大量的钠观测表明,吸积物质是有效混合的,但也有几个高度钠和镁丰富的对象,只能解释,如果吸积物质是未混合的。我们认为,现有的钠数据可能暗示,额外的混合发生在巨大的分支,虽然我们警告说,数据是稀疏的。

英文摘要:

We model the evolution of the abundances of light elements in carbon-enhanced metal-poor (CEMP) stars, under the assumption that such stars are formed by mass transfer in a binary system. We have modelled the accretion of material ejected by an asymptotic giant branch star on to the surface of a companion star. We then examine three different scenarios: one in which the material is mixed only by convective processes, one in which thermohaline mixing is present and a third in which both thermohaline mixing and gravitational settling are taken in to account. The results of these runs are compared to light element abundance measurements in CEMP stars (primarily CEMP-s stars, which are rich in $s$-processes elements and likely to have formed by mass transfer from an AGB star), focusing on the elements Li, F, Na and Mg. None of the elements is able to provide a conclusive picture of the extent of mixing of accreted material. We confirm that lithium can only be preserved if little mixing takes place. The bulk of the sodium observations suggest that accreted material is effectively mixed but there are also several highly Na and Mg-rich objects that can only be explained if the accreted material is unmixed. We suggest that the available sodium data may hint that extra mixing is taking place on the giant branch, though we caution that the data is sparse.

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