AGB星的超星风与热脉动的研究

至今国际上对ＡＧＢ星的超星风、热脉动及振动的理论研究工作中都忽略了湍流压的存在，然而对于一个整个外壳都处于完全对流的ＡＧＢ星，湍流压是存在的，并且由于湍流压的存在将对气体压强、密度、温度以及各热力学量产生影响，因而对ＡＧＢ星的超星风、热脉动及振动产生影响。本文以恒星结构演化理论中常用的混合程对流理论为基础，给出了湍流压以及考虑湍流压情况下恒星内部物态方程和各热力学量的表达式，并给出了判别恒星外壳产生动力学非稳定性的判据，并在此基础上研究了质量为２．８Ｍ⊙和７Ｍ⊙的恒星从主序到ＡＧＢ星的演化。目的是研究有湍流压情况下ＡＧＢ星的超星风及热脉动的机理。结果表明，对于７Ｍ⊙恒星，在红巨星及ＡＧＢ阶段，湍流压可以达到总压强的３０％，并且对恒星的结构产生重要影响，对于２．８Ｍ⊙恒星，在红巨星及ＡＧＢ阶段影响较小。由于湍流压的作用，２．８Ｍ⊙和７Ｍ⊙恒星在ＡＧＢ阶段和红巨星阶段，靠近表面的区域会出现动力学非稳定性，造成物质向外喷流，这就是ＡＧＢ星和红巨星产生强大星风的物质损失的原因。研究还表明，湍流压效应造成７Ｍ⊙ＡＧＢ星的氢燃烧壳层产生主周期为５０年的脉动现象，同时使氦燃烧壳层的热脉动提前发生和周期变短     

3M⊙AGB星表面重元素丰度的演化

本文以１３Ｃ（ａ，ｎ）１６Ｏ及２２Ｎｅ（ａ，ｎ）２５Ｍｇ作为双脉冲中子源，对于质量为３Ｍ■、初始金属度为０．０１５的热脉冲ＡＧＢ星，采用无分叉ｓ－过程反应通道，结合最新恒星演化的计算结果、在各参量合理取值范围内，计算了表面重元素丰度和碳氧比（Ｃ／Ｏ）的演化并与观测值进行比较。结果表明，就轻重ｓ－元素丰度关系图和 Ｃ／Ｏ重元素丰度关系图而言，在各参量的合理取值范围内，理论计算曲线能够同时落入观测值区域之内，ＭＳ、Ｓ星和Ｃ星对应的平均中子辐照量范围是对ＡＧＢ星的ｓ－元素超丰影响较大。在达到渐近分布后才开始挖掘的合理假设下，其它因素（例如核心质量Ｍｃ、每次脉冲挖掘质量大小是否随脉冲数变化）对内禀ＡＧＢ星表面重元素超丰影响不大。何时发生第三次挖掘对ＭＳ、Ｓ星的重元素超丰情况影响较大，但Ｃ星丰度几乎不受影响。     

湍流压对中小质量恒星后期演化的影响(Ⅲ)红巨星和AGB星产生强大星风物质损失的机理研究

本文提供了一个判别红巨星和ＡＧＢ星对流外壳中是否会产生动力学非稳定性的条件．根据这个条件和对２８Ｍ及７Ｍ恒星从主序到巨星阶段和ＡＧＢ阶段的演化计算,可以证明,湍流压效应是导致红巨星和ＡＧＢ星靠近表面区域产生动力学非稳定性,从而造成物质向外喷流的原因．并认为它就是造成红巨星和ＡＧＢ星表面温度很低（因而辐射压很低）从而产生强大星风物质损失的物理原因．     

内禀和外赋AGB星的重核素丰度分析

以１３Ｃ（α,ｎ）１６Ｏ及２２Ｎｅ（α,ｎ）２５Ｍｇ作为双脉冲中子源,对于低质量ＡＧＢ星,采用无分叉ｓ－过程反应通道,结合最近恒星演化的计算结果,在各物理参量合理取值范围内,计算了ＡＧＢ星Ｈｅ壳层内,表面重核素的丰度,在此基础上将星风吸积模型同内禀ＡＧＢ星核合成模型结合起来计算外赋ＡＧＢ星重元素的超丰。     

内禀和外赋AGB星的重核素丰度分析

以＾１３Ｃ（α,ｎ）＾１６Ｏ及＾２２Ｎｅ（α,ｎ）＾２５Ｍｇ作为双脉冲中子源,对于低质量ＡＧＢ星,采用无分叉ｓ－过程反应通道,结合最近恒星演化的计算结果,在各物理参量合理取值范围内,计算了了ＡＧＢ星Ｈｅ壳层内,表面重核素的丰度,在此基础上将星风吸各模型同内禀ＡＧＢ星核合成模型结合起来计算外赋ＡＧＢ星重元素的超丰。     

钡星的形成机制(Ⅱ)Monte Carlo分析

本文对文章Ⅰ所建立的钡星形成的完备模型进行了ＭｏｎｔｅＣａｒｌｏ分析，并同观测结果作了比较．结果表明，大部分强钡星可能产生于星风吸积过程、星风暴露过程和稳定的洛希瓣物质交流过程，而大部分中等钡星可能产生于星风吸积过程和星风暴露过程．银河系中钡星的数量、轨道周期分布和质量函数分布在本文各种模型计算结果范围之内．模型还预言钡星轨道周期与污染因子相关．模型给出，银河系中钡星的诞生率为００２／年左右，亮于１０个星等的钡星大约有６０００颗，强钡星的平均质量为１８Ｍ⊙左右，而钡星的白矮星伴星平均质量为０６０Ｍ⊙．另外，结果还显示，星族ＩＡＧＢ星热脉动开始较早，星风有潮汐增强效应存在（Ｂ～５００），ｓ过程最大恒星质量为２Ｍ⊙左右．     

湍流压对中小质量恒星后期演化的影响（Ⅲ）红巨星和AGB星产生强？…

本提供了一个判别红巨星和ＡＧＢ星对流外壳中是否会产生动力学非稳定性的条件。根据这个条件和对２．８Ｍ⊙及７Ｍ⊙恒星从主序列到巨星阶段和ＡＧＢ阶段的演化计算,可以证明,湍流压效应是导致红居星和ＡＢＧ星靠近表达区域产生动力学非稳定性,从而造成质向外喷流的原因,并认为它就是造成红巨星和ＡＧＢ星表面温度很低（因而辐射压很低）从而产生强大星风物质损失的物理原因。     

湍流压对中小质量恒星后期演化的影响(I)湍流压、物态方程及热力学量的计算

本文以恒星结构演化理论中常用的混合程对流理论为基础，给出了湍流压以及考虑湍流压情况下恒星内部物态方程和各热力学量的表达式．在此基础上研究了质量为２．８Ｍ⊙和７Ｍ⊙的恒星由主序演化到红巨星和ＡＧＢ星阶段其湍流压的大小．结果证明，在红巨星和ＡＧＢ阶段，靠近恒星表面区域内湍流压可以达到总压强的３０％．     

星风吸积引起的钡星重元素超丰

首先指出目前星风吸积模型中理论上的不自洽，考虑到δｒ≠０，重新推导轨道参量变化方程，消去了理论上的不自洽．提出一个新模型：首次将星风吸积同内禀ＡＧＢ星核合成模型结合起来计算钡（Ｂａ）星的重元素超丰，并将计算结果与观测值进行了比较．各参量按标准情况取值时，计算结果不太理想．取Ｂｏｎｄｉｈｏｙｌｅ吸积率的０．５倍或取较大的星风速率时，对于较长轨道周期（Ｐ＞１０００天）的Ｂａ星，计算结果与观测值基本符合；而较短轨道周期（Ｐ＜６００天）的Ｂａ星，其重元素超丰机制可能是盘吸积     

AGB星的超星风与热脉动的研究

至今国际上对ＡＧＢ星的超星风、热脉动及振动的理论研究工作中都忽略了湍流压的存在，然而对于一个整个外壳都处于完全对流的ＡＧＢ星，湍流压是存在的，并且由于湍流压的存在将对气体压强、密度、温度以及各热力 学量产生影响，因而对ＡＧＢ星的超星风、热脉动脉振动产生影响。     

The <Emphasis Type="Italic">r</Emphasis>- and <Emphasis Type="Italic">s</Emphasis>-process contributions to heavy-element abundances in the halo star HD 29907

The abundances of 22 heavy elements from Sr to Pb have been determined for the halo star HD 29907 (T _eff = 5500 K, log g = 4.64) with [Fe/H] = −1.55 using high-quality VLT/UVES spectra (ESO, Chile). The star has a moderate enhancement of r-process elements (Eu-Tm) with [r/Fe] = 0.63. In the range from Ba to Yb, the derived abundance pattern agrees well with those for strongly r-process enhanced stars (r-II stars with [Eu/Fe] > 1 and [Ba/Eu] < 0), such as CS 22892-052 and CS 31082-001, as well as with the scaled solar r-process curve and the r-process model HEW. Thus, Ba-Yb in HD 29907 originate in the r-process. Just as other moderately r-process enhanced stars studied in the literature, HD 29907 exhibits higher Sr, Y, and Zr abundances than those for r-II stars. These results confirm the assumption by other authors about the existence of an additional Sr-Zr synthesis mechanism in the early Galaxy before the onset of nucleosynthesis in asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars. The same mechanism can be responsible for the enhancement of Mo-Ag in the star being investigated compared to r-II stars. There are no grounds to suggest the presence of s-nuclei of lead in the material of the star being investigated, because its measured abundance ratio log ɛ(Pb/Eu) = 1.20 lies within the range for the comparison stars: from log ɛ(Pb/Eu) = 0.17 (CS 31082-001) to < 1.55 (HE 1219-0312). Thus, even if there was a contribution of AGB stars to the heavy-element enrichment of the interstellar medium at the epoch with [Fe/H] = −1.55, it was small, at the level of the abundance error.     

Puzzling Origin of CEMP-r/s Stars: An Interpretation of Abundance and Enrichment of s- and r-Process Elements from Asymptotic Giant Branch Supernovae

CEMP-r/s stars at low metallicity are known as double-enhanced stars that show enhancements of both r-process and s-process elements. The chemical abundances of these very metal-poor stars provide us a lot of information for putting new restraints on models of neutron-capture processes. In this article, we put forward an accreted scenario in which the double enrichment of r-process and s-process elements is caused by a former intermediate-mass Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) companion in a detached binary system. As the AGB superwind is only present at the ultimate phase of AGB stars, there is thus a lot of potential that the degenerate-core mass of an intermediate-mass AGB star reaches the Chandrasekhar limit before the AGB superwind. In these circumstances, both s-process elements produced in the AGB shell and r-process elements synthesized in the subsequent explosion would be sprayed contemporaneously and accreted by its companion. Despite similarity to physical conditions of a core-collapse supernova, a major focus in this scenario is the degenerate C–O core surrounded by an envelope of a former intermediate-mass AGB donor that may collapse and explode. Due to the existence of an outer envelope, r-process nucleosynthesis is expected to occur. Hypothesizing the material-rich europium (Eu) accreted by the secondary via the wind from the supernova to be in proportion to the geometric fraction of the companion with respect to the exploding donor star, we find that the estimated yield of Eu (as representative of r-process elements) per AGB supernova event is about 1 × 10^?9 M _⊙ ～ 5 × 10^?9 M _⊙. Using the yields of Eu, the overabundance of r-process elements in CEMP-r/s stars can be accounted for. The calculated results show that the value of parameter f , standing for efficiency of wind pollution from the AGB supernova, will reach about 10⁴, which means that the enhanced factor is much larger than unity due to the impact of gravity of the donor and the result of the gravitational focusing effect of the companion.     

CEMP星HE1005-1439中子俘获元素天体物理来源的研究

HE1005-1439是一颗金属丰度极低([Fe/H] ~ - 3.0)的碳增丰贫金属星(Carbon Enhanced Metal-Poor,CEMP), 该星的s-过程元素显著超丰([Ba/Fe] = 1.16±0.31, [Pb/Fe] = 1.98±0.19), 而r-过程元素温和超丰([Eu/Fe] = 0.46±0.22), 使用单一的s-过程模型和i-过程模型均不能拟合该星中子俘获丰度分布. 采用丰度分解的方法探究该星化学元素的天体物理来源可有助于理解CEMP星的形成和化学演化. 利用s-过程和r-过程的混合模型对其中子俘获元素的丰度分布进行拟合, 发现该星的中子俘获元素主要来源于低质量低金属丰度AGB伴星的s-过程核合成, 而r-过程核合成也有贡献.     

Trace-element concentrations in single circumstellar silicon carbide grains from the Murchison meteorite

Abstract— Concentrations of the trace elements Mg, Al, Ca, Ti, V, Fe, Sr, Y, Zr, Ba and Ce were determined by ion microprobe mass spectrometry in 60 individual silicon carbide (SiC) grains (in addition, Nb and Nd were determined in 20 of them), from separate KJH (size range 3.4–5.9 μm) of the Murchison carbonaceous meteorite, whose C-, N- and Si-isotopic compositions have been measured before (Hoppe et al., 1994) and provide evidence that these grains are of stellar origin. The selected SiC grains represent all previously recognized subgroups: mainstream (20 < ¹²C/¹³C < 120; 200 < ¹⁴N/¹⁵N; Si isotopes on slope 1.34 line), grains A (¹²C/¹³C < 3.5), grains B (3.5 < ¹²C/¹³C < 10), grains X (¹⁵N excesses, large ²⁸Si excesses) and grains Y (150 < ¹²C/¹³C < 260; Si isotopes on slope 0.35 line). Data on these grains are compared with measurements on fine-grained SiC fractions. Trace-element patterns reflect both the condensation behavior of individual elements and the source composition of the stellar atmospheres. A detailed discussion of the condensation of trace elements in SiC from C-rich stellar atmospheres is given in a companion paper by Lodders and Fegley (1995). Elements such as Mg, Al, Ca, Fe and Sr are depleted because their compounds are more volatile than SiC. Elements whose compounds are believed to be more refractory than SiC can also be depleted due to condensation and removal prior to SiC condensation. Among the refractory elements, however, the heavy elements from Y to Ce (and Nd) are systematically enriched relative to Ti and V, indicating enrichments by up to a factor of 14 of the s-process elements relative to elements lighter than Fe. Such enrichments are expected if N-type carbon stars (thermally pulsing AGB stars) are the main source of circumstellar SiC grains. Large grains are less enriched than small grains, possibly because they are from different AGB stars. The trace-element patterns of subgroups such as groups A and B and grains X can at least qualitatively be understood if grains A and B come from J-type carbon stars (known to be lacking in s-process enhancements shown by N-type carbon stars) or carbon stars that had not experienced much dredge-up of He-shell material and if grains X come from supernovae. However, a remaining puzzle is how stars become carbon stars without much accompanying dredge-up of s-process elements.     

The origin of the lead-rich stars in the Galactic halo: investigation of model parameters for the s-process

Several stars at the low-metallicity extreme of the Galactic halo show large spreads of lead and associated 'heavy' s-process elements ([Pb/hs]). Theoretically, an s-process pattern should be obtained from an AGB star with a fixed metallicity and initial mass. For the third dredge-up and the s-process model, several important properties depend primarily on the core mass of AGB stars. Zijlstra reported that the initial-to-final mass relation steepens at low metallicity, due to low mass-loss efficiency. This might affect the model parameters of the AGB stars, e.g. the overlap factor and the neutron irradiation time, in particular at low metallicity. The calculated results do indeed show that the overlap factor and the neutron irradiation time are significantly small at low metallicities, especially for  3.0 M_⊙ AGB  stars. The scatter of [Pb/hs] found in low metallicities can therefore be explained naturally when varying the initial mass of the low-mass AGB stars.     

Abundance analysis of Barium stars

We obtain the chemical abundances of six barium stars and two CH subgiant stars based on the high signal-to-noise ratio and high resolution Echelle spectra. The neu- tron capture process elements Y, Zr, Ba, La and Eu show obvious overabundances relative to the Sun, for example, their [Ba/Fe] values are from 0.45 to 1.27. Other elements, in- cluding Na, Mg, A1, Si, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn and Ni, show comparable abundances to the Solar ones, and their [Fe/H] covers a range from -0.40 to 0.21, which means they belong to the Galactic disk. The predictions of the theoretical model of wind accretion for bi- nary systems can explain the observed abundance patterns of the neutron capture process elements in these stars, which means that their overabundant heavy-elements could be caused by accreting the ejecta of AGB stars, the progenitors of present-day white dwarf companions in binary systems.     

对OH/IR星演化的模型研究

渐近巨星分支恒星 (AGB星 )是一种晚期演化恒星 ,它是恒星作为以核反应释能为发光能源的天体的最后演化阶段。AGB星阶段的恒星具有许多有趣的性质 ,如很大的质量损失率 (因此形成很厚的拱星尘埃气体包层 ) ,光变 ,热脉动 (或He闪耀 ) ,强的红外超量发射 ,分子脉泽发射等 ,弄清AGB星的演化规律是研究恒星演化理论的重要任务。目前人们所知道的AGB星的演化图景是 ,恒星经过漫长的主序演化之后 ,将经过红巨星 (RGB)阶段 ,然后才进入AGB阶段 ,在其演化过程中AGB星的光度和质量损失率要逐渐增大 ,它的光变周期也逐渐变长 ,在其中心星经历了一系列的由He核反应不稳定性引起的热脉动之后 ,它的质量损失很快停止 ,恒星开始向行星状星云 (PN)演化 ,最后行星状星云将会变成一个白矮星 ,这将是许多初始质量不很大的恒星的最终结局。OH/IR星阶段是AGB星演化的一个阶段 ,OH/IR星是那些质量稍大的恒星在AGB阶段后期演化而成的天体。现阶段人们对OH/IR星的具体演化过程还知道得很少。我们利用了球对称包层中的尘埃辐射转移模型来研究OH/IR星的演化性质 ,并且收集了尽量多的具有可靠距离的OH/IR星来研究他们的光度和质量损失率的演化性质。在本文的研究工作中 ,我们主要讨论了OH/IR星在远红外双色图中的分布规律 ,还发现     

The role of massive AGB stars in the early solar system composition

Abstract— We demonstrate that a massive asymptotic giant branch (AGB) star is a good candidate as the main source of short‐lived radionuclides in the early solar system. Recent identification of massive (4–8 M⊙) AGB stars in the galaxy, which are both lithium‐ and rubidium‐rich, demonstrates that these stars experience proton captures at the base of the convective envelope (hot bottom burning), together with high‐neutron density nucleosynthesis with ²²Ne as a neutron source in the He shell and efficient dredge‐up of the processed material. A model of a 6.5 M⊙ star of solar metallicity can simultaneously match the abundances of ²⁶Al, ⁴¹Ca, ⁶⁰Fe, and ¹⁰⁷Pd inferred to have been present in the solar nebula by using a dilution factor of 1 part of AGB material per 300 parts of original solar nebula material, and taking into account a time interval between injection of the short‐lived nuclides and consolidation of the first meteorites equal to 0.53 Myr. Such a polluting source does not overproduce ⁵³Mn, as supernova models do, and only marginally affects isotopic ratios of stable elements. It is usually argued that it is unlikely that the short‐lived radionuclides in the early solar system came from an AGB star because these stars are rarely found in star forming regions, however, we think that further interdisciplinary studies are needed to address the fundamental problem of the birth of our solar system.     

Orbital elements of the mild and strong barium stars formed through a wind accretion scenario

Taking account of the metallicity dependence of the s-process nucleosynthesis in the AGB stars, we adopted the wind accretion model with the condition of total angular momentum conservation and used the Monte-Carlo method to study the variations and the distributions of the orbital elements of the mild and strong Ba stars. The calculated results show that the level of heavy-element overabundance in a Ba star depends on the orbital period. Since there is a strong dependence of s-process yields on the initial stellar metallicity of the AGB star and a strong increase of the s-process yields in AGB stars with decreasing metallicity, the calculated results strongly suggest that the initial metallicity of the Ba star systems is another important parameter for the level of heavy-element overabundance in a Ba star. The strong Ba stars generally have lower metallicities than mild Ba stars. The masses of AGB progenitor and Ba star are other two parameters which also have some impact on the heavy-element overabundance in the Ba star.