Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1998-12-11
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
43 pages, including 9 tables and 9 figures submitted to ApJ
Scientific paper
We present a comprehensive study of s-process nucleosynthesis in 15, 20, 25, and 30 $\msun$ stellar models having solar-like initial composition. The stars are evolved up to ignition of central neon with a 659 species network coupled to the stellar models. In this way, the initial composition from one burning phase to another is consistently determined, especially with respect to neutron capture reactions. The aim of our calculations is to gain a full account of the s-process yield from massive stars. In the present work, we focus primarily on the s-process during central helium burning and illuminate some major uncertainties affecting the calculations. We briefly show how advanced burning can significantly affect the products of the core helium burning s-process and, in particular, can greatly deplete $^{80}$Kr that was strongly overproduced in the earlier core helium burning phase; however, we leave a complete analysis of the s-process during the advanced evolutionary phases (especially in shell carbon burning) to a subsequent paper. Our results can help to constrain the yield of the s-process material from massive stars during their pre-supernova evolution.
El Eid Mounib F.
Meyer Bradley S.
The Lih Sin
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