A Comparative Analysis of Chemical Abundances in the Atmospheres of Red Giants of Different Age Groups

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Apr 2001

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Astronomy Reports, Volume 45, Issue 4, April 2001, pp.301-308

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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We analyze previously published chemical abundances in the atmospheres of red giants. Excess abundances are observed not only for Na, but also for Al and Si, with the overabundances increasing with the stars’ luminosity. The observed anomalies provide evidence that, in addition to the CNO hydrogen-burning cycle, the Mg-Al and Ne-Na cycles operate in the interiors of main-sequence stars; their products are brought to the stellar atmospheres by convection after the transition to the red-giant phase. The abundance anomalies for s-process elements, also observed in the atmospheres of field stars, testify to the presence of a substantial number of neutrons. The s-process abundance anomalies are absent from giants of the young Hyades cluster.

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