Evolution, nucleosynthesis and yields of low mass AGB stars

Details Evolution, nucleosynthesis and yields of low mass AGB stars Evolution, nucleosynthesis and yields of low mass AGB stars

2009-02-02

arxiv.org/abs/0902.0243v2

Astrophys.J.696:797-820,2009

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

Accepted for publication on ApJ

Scientific paper

10.1088/0004-637X/696/1/797

The envelope of thermally pulsing AGB stars undergoing periodic third dredge-up episodes is enriched in both light and heavy elements, the ashes of a complex internal nucleosynthesis involving p, alpha and n captures over hundreds of stable and unstable isotopes. In this paper, new models of low-mass AGB stars (2 Msun), with metallicity ranging between Z=0.0138 (the solar one) and Z=0.0001, are presented. Main features are: i) a full nuclear network (from H to Bi) coupled to the stellar evolution code, ii) a mass loss-period-luminosity relation, based on available data for long period variables, and ii) molecular and atomic opacities for C- and/or N-enhanced mixtures, appropriate for the chemical modifications of the envelope caused by the third dredge up. For each model a detailed description of the physical and chemical evolution is presented; moreover, we present a uniform set of yields, comprehensive of all chemical species (from hydrogen to bismuth). The main nucleosynthesis site is the thin 13C pocket, which forms in the core-envelope transition region after each third dredge up episode. The formation of this 13C pockets is the principal by-product of the introduction of a new algorithm, which shapes the velocity profile of convective elements at the inner border of the convective envelope: both the physical grounds and the calibration of the algorithm are discussed in detail. The final surface compositions of the various models reflect the differences in the initial iron-seed content and in the physical structure of AGB stars belonging to different stellar populations. The agreement with the observed [hs/ls] index observed in intrinsic C stars at different [Fe/H] is generally good.

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