- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/537/A146
- Title:
- Stellar models with rotation. 0.8<M<120, Z=0.014
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/537/A146
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Many topical astrophysical research areas, such as the properties of planet host stars, the nature of the progenitors of different types of supernovae and gamma ray bursts, and the evolution of galaxies, require complete and homogeneous sets of stellar models at different metallicities in order to be studied during the whole of cosmic history. We present here a first set of models for solar metallicity, where the effects of rotation are accounted for in a homogeneous way. We computed a grid of 48 different stellar evolutionary tracks, both rotating and non-rotating, at Z=0.014, spanning a wide mass range from 0.8 to 120M_{sun}_. For each of the stellar masses considered, electronic tables provide data for 400 stages along the evolutionary track and at each stage, a set of 43 physical data are given. These grids thus provide an extensive and detailed data basis for comparisons with the observations. The rotating models start on the ZAMS with a rotation rate v_ini_/v_crit_=0.4. The evolution is computed until the end of the central carbon-burning phase, the early AGB phase, or the core helium-flash for, respectively, the massive, intermediate, and both low and very low mass stars. The initial abundances are those deduced by Asplund et collaborators, which best fit the observed abundances of massive stars in the solar neighbourhood. We update both the opacities and nuclear reaction rates, and introduce new prescriptions for the mass-loss rates as stars approach the Eddington and/or the critical velocity. We account for both atomic diffusion and magnetic braking in our low-mass star models. The present rotating models provide a good description of the average evolution of non-interacting stars. In particular, they reproduce the observed MS width, the positions of the red giant and supergiant stars in the HR diagram, the observed surface compositions and rotational velocities. Very interestingly, the enhancement of the mass loss during the RSG stage, when the luminosity becomes supra-Eddington in some outer layers, help models above 15-20 Msun to lose a significant part of their hydrogen envelope and evolve back into the blue part of the HR diagram. This result has interesting consequences for the blue to red supergiant ratio, the minimum mass for stars to become WR stars, and the maximum initial mass of stars that explode as type II-P supernovae.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/471/795
- Title:
- Stellar population ages and metallicities from colors
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/471/795
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Two important stellar-population parameters (age and metallicity) of the dominant stellar populations (DSPs) of galaxies are usually estimated by comparing the observed absorption line indices or colors to predictions of some simple stellar population models. However, some studies show that there is actually recent star formation in galaxies, including early type ones. This suggests that we may not be obtaining accurate the two stellar-population parameters for the DSPs of galaxies. This is obvious when we estimate the two parameters by colors, because the youngest populations dominate the light and make the fitted stellar populations younger and richer in metal. We study how young populations (YSPs) in composite stellar populations (CSPs) affect the colors of star systems and to analyze how the stellar ages and metallicities derived from colors possibly deviate from those of the DSPs. It is found that the age and mass fraction of a YSP affect colors of a mixed star system significantly, but the former is stronger. In addition, our results show that the stellar ages and metallicities derived directly from a pair of colors are about 2.14Gyr younger, while 0.0027 more metal rich on average than those of the DSPs of composite stellar systems. Some possible distributions of the differences between stellar-population parameters determined by colors and those of DSPs of CSPs are presented. The possible distributions of the differences between colors of CSPs and those of their DSPs are also shown. Stellar ages and metallicities measured by colors and line-strength indices are compared in the work, with a sample of 18 galaxies. Furthermore, the YSPs may affect the fundamental plane and Kormendy relation of early type galaxies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/451/3693
- Title:
- Stellar yields and the initial mass function
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/451/3693
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a set of 144 Galactic chemical evolution models applied to a Milky Way analogue, computed using four sets of low+intermediate star nucleosynthetic yields, six massive star yield compilations, and six functional forms for the initial mass function. A comparison is made between a grid of multiphase chemical evolution models computed with these yield combinations and empirical data drawn from the Milky Way's disc, including the solar neighbourhood. By means of a {chi}^2^ methodology, applied to the results of these multiphase models, the best combination of stellar yields and initial mass function capable of reproducing these observations is identified.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/857/111
- Title:
- Stellar yields of rotating first stars. II.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/857/111
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Recent theory predicts that first stars are born with a massive initial mass of >~100M_{sun}_. Pair-instability supernova (PISN) is a common fate for such massive stars. Our final goal is to prove the existence of PISNe and thus the high-mass nature of the initial mass function in the early universe by conducting abundance profiling, in which properties of a hypothetical first star is constrained by metal-poor star abundances. In order to determine reliable and useful abundances, we investigate the PISN nucleosynthesis taking both rotating and nonrotating progenitors for the first time. We show that the initial and CO core mass ranges for PISNe depend on the envelope structures: nonmagnetic rotating models developing inflated envelopes have a lower shifted CO mass range of ~70-125_M{sun}_, while nonrotating and magnetic rotating models with deflated envelopes have a range of ~80-135_M{sun}_. However, we find no significant difference in explosive yields from rotating and nonrotating progenitors, except for large nitrogen production in nonmagnetic rotating models. Furthermore, we conduct the first systematic comparison between theoretical yields and a large sample of metal-poor star abundances. We find that the predicted low [Na/Mg]~-1.5 and high [Ca/Mg]~0.5-1.3 abundance ratios are the most important to discriminate PISN signatures from normal metal-poor star abundances, and confirm that no currently observed metal-poor star matches with the PISN abundance. An extensive discussion on the nondetection is presented.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/637/A6
- Title:
- Stripped-envelope stars Binary Evolution Models
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/637/A6
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Massive binaries that merge as compact objects are the progenitors of gravitational-wave sources. Most of these binaries experience one or more phases of mass transfer, during which one of the stars loses part or all of its outer envelope and becomes a stripped-envelope star. The evolution of the size of these stripped stars is crucial in determining whether they experience further interactions and their final fate. We present new calculations of stripped-envelope stars based on binary evolution models computed with the MESA stellar evolution code. We use these to investigate their radius evolution as a function of mass and metallicity. We further discuss their pre- supernova observable characteristics and potential consequences of their evolution on the properties of supernovae from stripped stars. At high metallicity we find that practically all of the hydrogen-rich envelope is removed, in agreement with earlier findings. Only progenitors with initial masses below 10\Msun expand to large radii (up to 100R_{sun}_), while more massive progenitors stay compact. At low metallicity, a substantial amount of hydrogen remains and the progenitors can, in principle, expand to giant sizes (>400R_{sun}_), for all masses we consider. This implies that they can fill their Roche lobe anew. We show that the prescriptions commonly used in population synthesis models underestimate the stellar radii by up to two orders of magnitude. We expect that this has consequences for the predictions for gravitational-wave sources from double neutron star mergers, in particular for their metallicity dependence.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/448/2766
- Title:
- Strong lines in the optical/NIR for SN 2002bo
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/448/2766
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present 1D non-local thermodynamic equilibrium time-dependent radiative transfer simulations of a Chandrasekhar-mass delayed-detonation model which synthesizes 0.51 M_{sun}_ of ^56^Ni, and confront our results to the Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) 2002bo over the first 100d of its evolution. Assuming only homologous expansion, this same model reproduces the bolometric and multiband light curves, the secondary near-infrared (NIR) maxima, and the optical and NIR spectra. The chemical stratification of our model qualitatively agrees with previous inferences by Stehle et al. (2005MNRAS.360.1231S), but reveals significant quantitative differences for both iron-group and intermediate-mass elements. We show that +/-0.1 M_{sun}_ (i.e. +/-20 per cent) variations in ^56^Ni mass have a modest impact on the bolometric and colour evolution of our model. One notable exception is the U band, where a larger abundance of iron-group elements results in less opaque ejecta through ionization effects, our model with more ^56^Ni displaying a higher near-ultraviolet flux level. In the NIR range, such variations in ^56^Ni mass affect the timing of the secondary maxima but not their magnitude, in agreement with observational results. Moreover, the variation in the I, J, and K_s_ magnitudes is less than 0.1 mag within ~ 10d from bolometric maximum, confirming the potential of NIR photometry of SNe Ia for cosmology. Overall, the delayed-detonation mechanism in single Chandrasekhar-mass white dwarf progenitors seems well suited for SN 2002bo and similar SNe Ia displaying a broad SiII 6355{AA} line. Whatever multidimensional processes are at play during the explosion leading to these events, they must conspire to produce an ejecta comparable to our spherically symmetric model.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/327/1039
- Title:
- Structure and evolution of low-mass stars
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/327/1039
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Properties of Very Low mass stars for different initial metallicity [M/H] and Helium mass fraction: mass (in solar mass), age (in Gyrs) effective temperature (in K), log of luminosity (in solar L), radius (10^10cm), central temperature Tc (in K) and density RHOc (in gr/cm-3). Abundances of light elements are normalised to their initial abundance (see text).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/109/2503
- Title:
- Synthesis model in HII regions. II.
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/109/2503
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A stellar population synthesis model, suitable for comparison with Giant Extragalactic H II Regions (GEHRs), is constructed incorporating the recent developments in modeling stellar evolution by Maeder and co-workers and stellar atmospheres by Kurucz. A number of quantities suitable for comparison with broadband data of GEHRs in visible and near-infrared parts of the spectrum are synthesized in addition to the hydrogen and helium ionizing photon production rates at solar metallicities, for three scenarios of star formation - (i) instantaneous burst (IB); (ii) continuous star formation (CSF); and (iii) two bursts of star formation, with the older burst rich in red supergiants. For the IB case, evolution of color indexes shows three distinct phases - an initial steady blue phase, followed by a red bump (5-15Myr) and another steady phase with color indexes intermediate to the earlier two phases. CSF color indexes asymptotically reach peak values at ~10Myr, never reaching the reddest IB color indexes. Ionizing photon production rate falls off by an order of magnitude in 6Myr for IB, whereas it almost remains constant for the CSF model. Two-burst models with burst separations ~10Myr have properties of both IB and CSF, simultaneously producing the red IB color indexes and high ionizing photon rate, making such regions easily distinguishable using optical observations. Flat IMFs result in bluest color indexes when the massive stars are on the main sequence and reddest color indexes during the red supergiant phase of the evolving massive stars. Errors on the computed quantities due to the statistical uncertainties inherent in the process of star formation become negligible for cluster masses in excess of 10^5 M_{sun}_. Our GEHR spectra in the range 200nm to 3um are found to be in good agreement with the computations of Mas-Hesse & Kunth (1991A&AS...88..399M)
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/534/A9
- Title:
- Synthetic spectra of galactic globular clusters
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/534/A9
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We calculated synthetic spectra for typical chemical element mixtures (i.e., a standard alpha-enhanced distribution, and distributions displaying CN and ONa anticorrelations) found in the various subpopulations harboured by individual Galactic globular clusters. From the spectra we determined bolometric corrections to the standard Johnson-Cousins and Stroemgren filters and finally predicted colours. These bolometric corrections and colour-transformations, coupled to our theoretical isochrones with the appropriate chemical composition, provided us with a complete and self-consistent set of theoretical predictions for the effect of abundance variations on the observed cluster colour-magnitude diagrams.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/503/913
- Title:
- Synthetic spectrophotometry for C-rich giants
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/503/913
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Carbon rich objects represent an important phase during the late stages of evolution of low and intermediate mass stars. They contribute significantly to the chemical enrichment and to the infrared light of galaxies. A proper description of their atmospheres is crucial for the determination of fundamental parameters such as effective temperature or mass loss rate. We study the spectroscopic and photometric properties of carbon stars. In the first paper of this series we focus on objects that can be described by hydrostatic models neglecting dynamical phenomena like pulsation and mass loss. As a consequence, the reddening due to circumstellar dust is not included. Our results are collected in a database, which can be used in conjunction with stellar evolution and population synthesis calculations involving the AGB. We have computed a grid of 746 spherically symmetric COMARCS atmospheres covering effective temperatures between 2400 and 4000K, surface gravities from log(g[cm/s^2^])=0.0 to -1.0, metallicities ranging from the solar value down to one tenth of it and C/O ratios in the interval between 1.05 and 5.0. Subsequently, we used these models to create synthetic low resolution spectra and photometric data for a large number of filter systems. The tables including the results are electronically available. First tests of the application on stellar evolution calculations are shown. We have selected some of the most commonly used colours in order to discuss their behaviour as a function of the stellar parameters. A comparison with measured data shows that down to 2800K the agreement between predictions and observations of carbon stars is good and our results may be used to determine quantities like the effective temperature. Below this limit the synthetic colours are much too blue. The obvious reason for these problems is the neglect of circumstellar reddening and structural changes due to pulsation and mass loss.
