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The s process in rotating low-mass AGB stars - Nucleosynthesis calculations in models matching asteroseismic constraints

Hirschi

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Abstract

Aims
We investigate the s-process during the AGB phase of stellar models whose cores are enforced to rotate at rates consistent with asteroseismology observations of their progenitors and successors.

Methods
We calculated new 2 M?, Z = 0.01 models, rotating at 0, 125, and 250 km s-1 at the start of main sequence. An artificial, additional viscosity was added to enhance the transport of angular momentum in order to reduce the core rotation rates to be in agreement with asteroseismology observations. We compared rotation rates of our models with observed rotation rates during the MS up to the end of core He burning, and the white dwarf phase.

Results
We present nucleosynthesis calculations for these rotating AGB models that were enforced to match the asteroseismic constraints on rotation rates of MS, RGB, He-burning, and WD stars. In particular, we calculated one model that matches the upper limit of observed rotation rates of core He-burning stars and we also included a model that rotates one order of magnitude faster than the upper limit of the observations. The s-process production in both of these models is comparable to that of non-rotating models.

Conclusions
Slowing down the core rotation rate in stars to match the above mentioned asteroseismic constraints reduces the rotationally induced mixing processes to the point that they have no effect on the s-process nucleosynthesis. This result is independent of the initial rotation rate of the stellar evolution model. However, there are uncertainties remaining in the treatment of rotation in stellar evolution, which need to be reduced in order to confirm our conclusions, including the physical nature of our approach to reduce the core rotation rates of our models, and magnetic processes.

Citation

Hirschi. (2019). The s process in rotating low-mass AGB stars - Nucleosynthesis calculations in models matching asteroseismic constraints. Astronomy and Astrophysics, A123 -A123. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201935476

Acceptance Date Aug 20, 2019
Publication Date Sep 16, 2019
Journal Astronomy and Astrophysics
Print ISSN 2329-1273
Publisher Hans Publishers
Pages A123 -A123
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201935476
Keywords stars: rotation, evolution, AGB and post-AGB
Publisher URL https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201935476

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