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麦哲伦星云中的富Rb渐近巨星分支星

Rb-rich Asymptotic Giant Branch stars in the Magellanic Clouds

D. A. Garcia-Hernandez, A. Manchado, D. L. Lambert, B. Plez, P. Garcia-Lario, F. D'Antona, M. Lugaro, A. I. Karakas, M. van Raai

摘要:

我们提出了高分辨率(R~60,000)的光学光谱的麦哲伦云(MC)中的一个精心挑选的样本,严重模糊和可能是大规模的富氧渐近巨星分支(AGB)的恒星。本文报道了在四颗富Rb的LMC星中发现的7800 A强Rb I谱线,其光度等于或大于AGB星的标准光度极限(Mbol~-7.1),证实了在质量较大的AGB星中,“热底燃烧”(HBB)可能产生过量的流量。在SMC的样本中,只有一颗Mbol<-7.1的恒星被发现在Rb中,其他的恒星可能是大质量的红超巨星。富Rb的LMC AGB星可能有至少~6-7 Msun的恒星质量。我们的丰度分析显示,这些富Rb恒星的Rb含量是太阳的10^3-10^5倍,但似乎只有轻微的Zr增强。高的Rb/Zr比率,如果是真的,代表了s-过程的严重问题,即使22 Ne源如预期的那样对大质量AGB星起作用;不可能合成大量的Rb而不过量产生Zr。这个问题的解决可能在于目前对发光AGB星的大气层的不完全理解。

英文摘要:

We present high-resolution (R~60,000) optical spectra of a carefully selected sample of heavily obscured and presumably massive O-rich Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) stars in the Magellanic Clouds (MCs). We report the discovery of strong Rb I lines at 7800 A in four Rb-rich LMC stars at luminosities equal to or greater than the standard adopted luminosity limit for AGB stars (Mbol~-7.1), confirming that "Hot Bottom Burning" (HBB) may produce a flux excess in the more massive AGB stars. In the SMC sample, just one of the five stars with Mbol<-7.1 was detected in Rb; the other stars may be massive red supergiants. The Rb-rich LMC AGB stars might have stellar masses of at least ~6-7 Msun. Our abundance analysis show that these Rb-rich stars are extremely enriched in Rb by up to 10^3-10^5 times solar but seem to have only mild Zr enhancements. The high Rb/Zr ratios, if real, represent a severe problem for the s-process, even if the 22Ne source is operational as expected for massive AGB stars; it is not possible to synthesize copious amounts of Rb without also overproducing Zr. The solution to the problem may lie with an incomplete present understanding of the atmospheres of luminous AGB stars.

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