On the Mass and Evolutionary Status of the Bright Red AGB Supergiant α1 Herculis

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Sep 2011

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Why Galaxies Care about AGB Stars II: Shining Examples and Common Inhabitants. Proceedings of a conference held at University Ca

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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The mass of the bright M5 supergiant α1 Herculis has been estimated in a number of studies to range over wide limits of 1.7 to 15 M&sun;. Here, we address this wide range of mass assessments by constraining the age, mass and nature of this interesting variable star from three independent approaches: (1) isochronal fitting of the three stars in the α Her multiple star system, (2) extending asteroseismic mass and radius scaling to semi-regular variable stars like α1 Her, and (3) directly from assessments of log g and interferometric radius measures. Our study indicates that α1 Her is an intermediate-mass AGB star with a mass of ˜2.5 M&sun; and age of ˜1.2 Gyr.

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