TP-AGB stars with envelope burning

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1997-10-09

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9710093v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

18 pages LaTeX, including 13 figures and 5 tables: accepted for publication in A&A; minor revisions in text and three figures

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In this paper we focus on the TP-AGB evolution of intermediate-mass stars experiencing envelope burning (M=4-5Mo). The approach we have adopted is a semi-analytical one as it combines analytical relationships derived from complete models of TP-AGB stars with sole envelope models in which the physical structure is calculated from the photosphere down to the core. Our efforts are directed to analyse the effects produced by envelope burning, such as: i) the energy contribution which may drive significant deviations from the standard core mass-luminosity relationship; and ii) the changes in the surface chemical composition due to nuclear burning via the CNO cycle. Evolutionary models for stars with initial mass of 4.0, 4.5, 5.0 Mo and two choices of the initial chemical composition ([Y=0.28,Z=0.02] and [Y=0.25,Z=0.008]) are calculated from the first thermal pulse till the complete ejection of the envelope. We find that massive TP-AGB stars can rapidly reach high luminosities (-6>Mbol>-7), without exceeding, however, the classical limit to the AGB luminosity of Mbol~-7.1 corresponding to the Chandrasekhar value of the core mass. No carbon stars brighter than Mbol~-6.5 are predicted to form (the alternative of a possible transition from M-star to C-star during the final pulses is also explored), in agreement with observations which indicate that most of the very luminous AGB stars are oxygen-rich. Finally, new chemical yields from stars in the mass range 4-5 Mo are presented, so as to extend the sets of stellar yields from low-mass stars already calculated by Marigo et al. (1996). For each CNO element we give both the secondary and the primary components.

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