Energy generation in convective shells of low-mass, low-metallicity asymptotic giant branch stars

Details Energy generation in convective shells of low-mass, low-metallicity asymptotic giant branch stars Energy generation in convective shells of low-mass, low-metallicity asymptotic giant branch stars

Jun 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993apj...409..762b&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 409, no. 2, p. 762-769.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars, Metallicity, Nuclear Astrophysics, Stellar Convection, Stellar Mass, Stellar Physics, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Interiors, Stellar Models

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We report on the nonnegligible energy released by the C-13(alpha,n)0-16 reaction and the related neutron capture reactions in interior convective shells developed during the thermal pulsation phase of asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars of low mass and low metallicity. Over 10 exp 4 solar luminosities are generated within a thermal pulse convective shell from the combination of the C-13(alpha,n)0-16, neutron capture, and beta decay reactions. The inclusion of this energy source in the theoretical evolution of an AGB thermal pulse is shown to alter the evolution of the convective shell boundaries and, hence, how the C-13 is ingested into the convective shell. By iterating between a nucleosynthesis code and a stellar model, we find a 'converged' model in which the neutron density arising from the C-13 source is substantially higher and the overall mean exposure of the irradiated material is lower than cases where no energy is taken into account. With these modifications in s-process parameters, the calculated abundance ratios for r-only to s-only nuclei at the same mass number remains surprisingly constant, but still does not eliminate the overproduction of Zr-96, which disagrees with observation.

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