Nucleosynthesis and mixing on the Asymptotic Giant Branch. III. Predicted and observed s-process abundances

Details Nucleosynthesis and mixing on the Asymptotic Giant Branch. III. Predicted and observed s-process abundances Nucleosynthesis and mixing on the Asymptotic Giant Branch. III. Predicted and observed s-process abundances

2001-04-26

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0104424v1

Astrophys.J.557:802-821,2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted for ApJ, 59 pages, 19 figures, 5 tables

Scientific paper

10.1086/322258

We present the results of s-process nucleosynthesis calculations for AGB stars of different metallicities and initial masses. The computations were based on previously published stellar evolutionary models that account for the III dredge up phenomenon occurring late on the AGB. Neutron production is driven by the 13C(alpha,n)16O reaction during the interpulse periods in a tiny layer in radiative equilibrium at the top of the He- and C-rich shell. The s-enriched material is subsequently mixed with the envelope by the III dredge up, and the envelope composition is computed after each thermal pulse. We follow the changes in the photospheric abundance of the Ba-peak elements (heavy s, or `hs') and that of the Zr-peak ones (light s, or `ls'), whose logarithmic ratio [hs/ls] has often been adopted as an indicator of the s-process efficiency. The theoretical predictions are compared with published abundances of s elements for Galactic AGB giants of classes MS, S, SC, post-AGB supergiants, and for various classes of binary stars. The observations in general confirm the complex dependence of n captures on metallicity. They suggest that a moderate spread exists in the abundance of 13C that is burnt in different stars. Although additional observations are needed, a good understanding has been achieved of s-process operation in AGB. The detailed abundance distribution including the light elements (CNO) of a few s-enriched stars at different metallicity are examined.

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