Wolf-Rayet stars of type WN/WC and mixing processes during core helium burning of massive stars

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Aug 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991a%26a...248..531l&link_type=abstract

Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 248, no. 2, Aug. 1991, p. 531-537.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

51

Helium, Massive Stars, Nuclear Fusion, Stellar Cores, Wolf-Rayet Stars, Abundance, Convection, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Models, Supernova 1987A

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Consequences of the recent finding that most WN/WC spectra probably originate from individual Wolf-Rayet stars for the internal structure of massive stars are discussed. Numerical models including the effect of slow-down or prevention of convective mixing due to molecular weight gradients are presented, in which a transition layer with a composition mixture of H- and He-burning ashes is formed above the convective He-burning core. These models are able to qualitatively account for the observed WN/WC frequency and agree quantitatively with the only WN/WC-composition determination so far. It is argued that the same transition layer may be responsible for the final blue loop which the SN 1987 A progenitor performed some 10,000 yr before explosion. These results indicate that composition barriers may be efficient in restricting convection during central helium burning, in contrast to computations relying on the Schwarzschild criterion for convection, with or without overshooting.

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