Synthetic post-Asymptotic Giant Branch evolution: basic models and applications to disk populations

Details Synthetic post-Asymptotic Giant Branch evolution: basic models and applications to disk populations Synthetic post-Asymptotic Giant Branch evolution: basic models and applications to disk populations

2000-05-25

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0005527v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

2 tables, 27 figures (gif format) The Astrophysical Journal, accepted

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10.1086/309509

We explore the realm of post-Asymptotic Giant Branch (post-AGB) stars from a theoretical viewpoint, by constructing synthetic population of transition objects, proto-Planetary Nebulae, Planetary Nebulae Nuclei, and post-Planetary Nebulae objects. We use the Montecarlo procedure to filter out the populations accordingly to a given set of assumptions. We explore the parameter space by studying the effects of the Initial Mass Function (IMF), the Initial Mass-Final Mass Relation (IMFMR), the transition time (t_tr), the envelope mass at the end of the envelope ejection (Me_r), the planetary nebula lifetime t_PN, the hydrogen- and helium-burning phases of the central stars. The results are discussed on the basis of the HR diagram distributions, on the Mv-t plane, and with mass histograms. We found that: (1) the dependence of the synthetic populations on the assumed IMF and IMFMR is generally mild; (2) the Me_r indetermination produces very high indeterminations on the t_tr and thus on the resulting post-AGB populations; (3) the synthetic models give a test check for the ratio of He- to H-burning PNNi. In this paper, disk post-AGB populations are considered. Future applications will include Magellanic Clouds PNe, and populations of bulges and elliptical galaxies.

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