2022MNRAS.509.4430K -
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 509, 4430-4447 (2022/January-3)
The most metal-rich asymptotic giant branch stars.
KARAKAS A.I., CINQUEGRANA G. and JOYCE M.
Abstract (from CDS):
We present new stellar evolutionary sequences of very metal-rich stars evolved with the Monash Stellar Structure code and with MESA. The Monash models include masses of 1-8 M☉ with metallicities Z = 0.04 to Z = 0.1 and are evolved from the main sequence to the thermally pulsing asymptotic giant branch (TP-AGB). These are the first Z = 0.1 AGB models in the literature. The MESA models include intermediate-mass models with Z = 0.06 to Z = 0.09 evolved to the onset of the TP phase. Third dredge-up only occurs in intermediate-mass models Z <= 0.08. Hot bottom burning shows a weaker dependence on metallicity, with the minimum mass increasing from 4.5 M☉ for Z = 0.014 to ≃5.5 M☉ for Z = 0.04, 6 M☉ for 0.05 <= Z <= 0.07 and above 6.5 M☉ for Z >= 0.08. The behaviour of the Z = 0.1 models is unusual; most do not experience He-shell instabilities owing to rapid mass-loss on the early part of the AGB. Turning off mass-loss produces He-shell instabilities, however thermal pulses are weak and result in no TDU. The minimum mass for carbon ignition is reduced from 8 M☉ for Z = 0.04 to 7 M☉ for Z = 0.1, which implies a reduction in the minimum mass for core-collapse supernovae. MESA models of similarly high metallicity (Z = 0.06-0.09) show the same lowering of the minimum mass for carbon ignition: carbon burning is detected in a 6 M☉ model at the highest metallicity (Z = 0.09) and in all 7 M☉ models with Z >= 0.06. This demonstrates robustness of the lowered carbon burning threshold across codes.
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© 2021 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society
Journal keyword(s):
nuclear reactions, nucleosynthesis, abundances - stars: AGB and post-AGB - ISM: abundances - Galaxy: abundances
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