On the Formation of Multiple-Shells Around Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars

Details On the Formation of Multiple-Shells Around Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars On the Formation of Multiple-Shells Around Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars

2001-10-22

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0110474v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

8 pages, Submitted to ApJ

Scientific paper

10.1086/339573

Two types of models for the formation of semi-periodic concentric multiple shells (M-shells) around asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars and in planetary nebulae are compared against observations. Models that attribute the M-shells to processes in an extended wind acceleration zone around AGB stars result in an optically thick acceleration zone, which reduces the acceleration efficiency in outer parts of the extended acceleration zone. This makes such models an unlikely explanation for the formation of M-shells. Models which attribute the M-shell to semi-periodic variation in one or more stellar properties are most compatible with observations. The only stellar variation models on time scales of 50-1500 years that have been suggested are based on an assumed solar-like magnetic cycle. Although ad-hoc, the magnetic cycle assumption fits naturally into the increasingly popular view that magnetic activity plays a role in shaping the wind from upper AGB stars.

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