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TP-AGB相发光的一个界限

A Bound on the Light Emitted During the TP-AGB Phase

Jonathan C. Bird, Marc H. Pinsonneault

摘要:

TP-AGB相的积分亮度是恒星星族合成模型中的一个主要不确定性。我们使用白矮星的初始最终质量关系和恒星内部模型来证明,一个显着的比例的核心质量增长的中间(1.5 < Msun < 6)质量的恒星发生在TP-AGB阶段。我们发现的证据表明,TP-AGB恒星的核心质量贡献的峰值分数为~20%,发生在2 Msun和3.5 Msun之间的恒星。使用一个简单的燃料消耗参数,我们耦合这个核心质量增加的TP-AGB阶段的能量输出的下限。在TP-AGB恒星模型中,大约有一半的能量可以直接由核心的增长来解释,而其余的主要是He的恒星产额。因此,在这一阶段的发射光的一个强大的测量将设置强有力的限制,从TP-AGB恒星的氦富集,我们估计的收益率作为初始质量的函数,目前的模型预测。对恒星星族研究的意义和改进的前景进行了讨论。

英文摘要:

The integrated luminosity of the TP-AGB phase is a major uncertainty in stellar population synthesis models. We use the white dwarf initial final mass relation and stellar interiors models to demonstrate that a significant fraction of the core mass growth for intermediate (1.5 < Msun < 6) mass stars takes place during the TP-AGB phase. We find evidence that the peak fractional core mass contribution for TP-AGB stars is ~20% and occurs for stars between 2 Msun and 3.5 Msun. Using a simple fuel consumption argument we couple this core mass increase to a lower limit on the TP-AGB phase energy output. Roughly half of the energy released in models of TP-AGB stars can be directly accounted for by this core growth; while the remainder is predominantly the stellar yield of He. A robust measurement of the emitted light in this phase will therefore set strong constraints on helium enrichment from TP-AGB stars, and we estimate the yields predicted by current models as a function of initial mass. Implications for stellar population studies and prospects for improvements are discussed.

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