Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Jul 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994apj...430l..77b&link_type=abstract
The Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters, vol. 430, no. 1, p. L77-L80
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
67
Abundance, Meteoritic Composition, Oxygen Isotopes, Stellar Models, Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars, Metallicity, Pre-Main Sequence Stars, Stellar Atmospheres, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Mass
Scientific paper
We carried out detailed, self-consistent calculations for stars from 1 to 9 solar mass over a wide range of metallicities, following the evolution and nucleosynthesis from the pre-main sequence to the asymptotic giant branch (AGB), in order to provide a self-consistent grid for evaluating stellar oxygen isotopic variations. These were calculated for first and second dredge-up, and for some masses also for third dredge-up and 'hot bottom' convective envelope burning on the AGB. We demonstrate that 0-16/0-17 in red giant envelopes is primarily a function of the star's mass, while 0-16/0-18 is primarily a function of the initial composition. Uncertainties in the 0-17-destruction rate have no effect on the 0-16/0-17 ratio for stars from 1 to 2.5 solar mass, but do affect the ratios for higher masses: the stellar 0-16/0-17 observations are consistent with the Landre et al. (1990) rates using f = 0.2 for 0-17(p,gamma) F-18 and -17(p. alpha) N-14, and with the Caughlan & Fowler (1988) rates using f approximately equals 1. The stellar 0-16/0-18 observations require f approximately equals 0 in the Caughlan & Fowler 0-18(p, alpha) N-15 rate. First dredge-up has the largest effect on the oxygen isotope ratios, decreasing 0-16/0-17 significantly from the initial value and increasing 0-16/0-18 slightly. Second and third dredge-up have only minor effects for solar metallicity stars. The absence of very low observed 0-16/0-18 ratios is consistent with a major increase in the 0-18(alpha, gamma) Ne-22 rate over the Caughlan & Fowler (1988) value. Hot bottom burning in stars above about 5 solar mass can cause a huge increase in 0-16/0-18 to approximately greater than 106, and possibly a significant decrease in 0-16/0-17; these are accompanied by a huge increase in Li-7 and a value of C-12/C-13 approximately = 3. The oxygen isotope ratios in the Al203 grains (Orgueil grain B, the Murchison 83-5 grain, and the new Bishunpur B39 grain) can be accounted for if they originated in stars that did NOT have the same initial 0-16/0-18 ratio. Thus one cannot assume uniform isotope ratios, even for stars of nearly solar composition. The grains 0-16/0-17 ratios, together with the Mg-26 excesses that indicate grain formation in a Al-26-rich environment, indicate that the Orgueil grain B and Murchison 83-5 grain originated in stars of roughly 1.5 solar mass, during third dredge-up on the AGB. the new Bishunpur B39 grain originated in a star of either 2 or of 4-7 solar mass.
Boothroyd Arnold I.
Sackmann I.-Juliana
Wasserburg Gerald J.
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