Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-07-08
Chaos 12 (2002) 332
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
13 pages, 9 figures
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.1478773
When intermediate mass stars reach their last stages of evolution they show pronounced oscillations. This phenomenon happens when these stars reach the so-called Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB), which is a region of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram located at about the same region of effective temperatures but at larger luminosities than those of regular giant stars. The period of these oscillations depends on the mass of the star. There is growing evidence that these oscillations are highly correlated with mass loss and that, as the mass loss increases, the pulsations become more chaotic. In this paper we study a simple oscillator which accounts for the observed properties of this kind of stars. This oscillator was first proposed and studied by Icke et al. [Astron.Astrophys. 258, 341 (1992)] and we extend their study to the region of more massive and luminous stars - the region of Super-AGB stars. The oscillator consists of a periodic nonlinear perturbation of a linear Hamiltonian system. The formalism of dynamical systems theory has been used to explore the associated Poincare map for the range of parameters typical of those stars. We have studied and characterized the dynamical behaviour of the oscillator as the parameters of the model are varied, leading us to explore a sequence of local and global bifurcations. Among these, a tripling bifurcation is remarkable, which allows us to show that the Poincare map is a nontwist area preserving map. Meandering curves, hierarchical-islands traps and sticky orbits also show up. We discuss the implications of the stickiness phenomenon in the evolution and stability of the Super-AGB stars.
Garcia-Berro Enrique
Jose Jordi
Munteanu Andreea
Petrisor Emilia
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