Evolution of stars near bright quasars

Details Evolution of stars near bright quasars Evolution of stars near bright quasars

May 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009arep...53..410t&link_type=abstract

Astronomy Reports, Volume 53, Issue 5, pp.410-419

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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97.10.Cv, 98.54.Aj

Scientific paper

We consider the evolution of stars that are located in the near vicinity of bright quasars and illuminated by their hard radiation. The absorption of the external radiation flux in the stellar envelope was calculated applying the formalism used to determine the opacity of the stellar material. The simulations show that the external irradiation heats the outer layers of the star, altering their structure and reducing the thickness of the convective envelope in low-mass stars, but leaves the inner layers essentially unaffected. In addition, the irradiation substantially increases the mass loss in the stars. This is important for our understanding of the evolution of quasar masses, since this increased mass loss by nearby stars can supply the quasar with additional accreting gas. The results can also be applied to detached binaries in which a low-mass star is irradiated by a very massive companion.

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