Evolutionary effects in helium core burning star atmospheres ; Evoliuciniai cheminės sudėties pokyčiai helį centre deginančių žvaigždžių atmosferose

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• Publié par: vilnius_university
• Publié le: 01 janvier 2011
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VILNIUS UNIVERSITY

Eduardas Puzeras

EVOLUTIONARY EFFECTS IN HELIUM CORE BURNING STAR ATMOSPHERES 

Doctoral Dissertation Physical sciences, Physics (02 P)

Vilnius, 2011

Doctoral Dissertation was completed during 2002-2010 at Institute of Theoretical

Physics and Astronomy, Vilnius University

Scientific supervisor:

Dr. habil. Gražina Tautvaišienė (Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy,

Vilnius University, Physical sciences, Physics – 02 P)

VILNIAUS UNIVERSITETAS

Eduardas Puzeras

EVOLIUCINIAI CHEMINĖS SUDĖTIES POKYČIAI HELĮCENTRE DEGINANČIŲŽVAIGŽDŽIŲ ATMOSFEROSE 

Daktaro disertacija Fiziniai mokslai, Fizika (02 P)

Vilnius, 2011

Disertacija rengta 2002-2010 metais Vilniaus Universiteto Teorinės Fizikos ir Astronomijos Institute

Mokslinis vadovas:

Habil. Dr. Gražina Tautvaišienė (Vilniaus Universiteto Teorinės Fizikos ir Astronomijos Institutas, Fiziniai mokslai, Fizika – 02 P)

CONTENTS

PUBLICATIONS ON THE SUBJECT OF THE DISSERTATION ........... 7 PRESENTATIONS AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES ................. 8 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................... 10 Mixing processes ....................................................................................... 11 Extra mixing .............................................................................................. 12 Stellar abundances in a context of Galactic studies .................................. 13 The Galactic red clump ............................................................................. 13 A IMS OF THE STUDY ........................................................................................ 14 T HE MAIN TASKS .............................................................................................. 15 S CIENTIFIC NOVELTY ....................................................................................... 15 P RACTICAL IMPORTANCE OF THE DISSERTATION .............................................. 16 S TATEMENTS PRESENTED FOR DEFENSE .......................................................... 16 P ERSONAL CONTRIBUTION .............................................................................. 17 T HESIS OUTLINE .............................................................................................. 18 1. OBSERVATIONAL DATA.................................................................... 19 1.1. S ELECTION OF G ALACTIC CLUMP STARS ............................................... 19 1.2. C LUSTER SELECTION ............................................................................ 20 1.3. O BSERVATIONS .................................................................................... 21 1.3.1. Observations on the Nordic Optical Telescope .......................... 21 1.3.2. Other spectra............................................................................... 22 2. METHOD OF ANALYSIS ..................................................................... 24 2.1. D IFFERENTIAL MODEL ATMOSPHERE TECHNIQUE ................................. 24 2.1.1. Main atmospheric parameters..................................................... 24 2.1.2. Stellar atmosphere models.......................................................... 25 2.1.3. Software of calculations ............................................................. 25 2.1.4. Physical input data...................................................................... 26 2.2. S PECTRAL LINE SELECTION AND MEASUREMENT ................................... 27 2.3. S PECTRUM SYNTHESIS .......................................................................... 29 2.4. E STIMATION OF UNCERTAINTIES ........................................................... 31 3. GALACTIC CLUMP POPULATION IN THE SOLAR NEIGHBORHOOD ........................................................................................ 34 3.1. A TMOSPHERIC PARAMETERS AND ELEMENT ABUNDANCES .................... 35 3.2. C OMPARISON WITH RESULTS BY M C W ILLIAM (1990) ............................ 37 3.3. C OMPARISON WITH RESULTS BY Z HAO ET AL . (2001) ............................ 38 3.4. C OMPARISON WITH RECENT STUDIES .................................................... 39 3.5. M ETALLICITY DISTRIBUTION IN CLUMP STARS OF THE G ALAXY .............. 43 3.6. A BUNDANCES OF IRON GROUP ELEMENTS ............................................ 46

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4. EVOLUTIONARY EFFECTS IN CLUMP STARS............................ 48 4.1. C OMPARISONS WITH C, N AND O ABUNDANCES IN DWARF STARS .......... 48 4.2. C, N, O ABUNDANCE DISTRIBUTIONS .................................................... 52 4.3. C OMPARISONS WITH THEORETICAL MODELS ......................................... 52 5. OPEN CLUSTER NGC 7789 ................................................................. 56 5.1. G ENERAL PARAMETERS OF NGC 7789 ................................................. 56 5.2. A BUNDANCES OF NGC 7789 ............................................................... 57 5.3. C OMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS STUDIES ................................................ 59 5.4. C ARBON , NITROGEN AND OXYGEN ........................................................ 62 5.5. S ODIUM AND A LUMINIUM .................................................................... 64 5.6. ΑLPHA – ELEMENTS : M G , S I , C A AND T I ................................................. 65 5.7. I RON GROUP AND HEAVIER ELEMENTS .................................................. 66 5.8. F INAL REMARKS ................................................................................... 67 RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS ................................................................ 69 Galactic clump: main parameters, iron group abundances and metallicity distribution................................................................................................. 69 Galactic clump: mixing processes ............................................................. 69 Chemical composition of the open cluster NGC 7789.............................. 70 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................... 71 REFERENCES................................................................................................ 72

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PUBLICATIONS ON THE SUBJECT OF THE DISSERTATION

1. Tautvaišienė G., Edvardsson B.,Puzeras E., Barisevičius G., Ilyin I. 2010,C, N and O abundances in red clump stars of the Milky Way// Monthly Notices of Royal Astronomical Society, 409, 1213–1219. 2.Puzeras E., Tautvaišienė Cohen J. G., Gray D. F., Adelman S. J., G., Ilyin I., Chorniy Y. 2010,High–resolution spectroscopic study of red clump stars in the Galaxy: iron–group elements // Monthly Notices of Royal Astronomical Society, 408, 1225 1232. – 3. Tautvaišienė G.,Puzeras E., Chorniy Y., Barisevicius G., Ilyin I. 2009, CNO abundance pattern in the red clump stars of the Milky Way // IAU Symposium 262, „Stellar populations: Planning for the next decade“ (eds.Gustavo Bruzual & Stephane Charlot), IAUS, 262, 434-435. 4. TautvaišienėG.,Puzeras E.2009,Red clump stars in the Galactic field// IAU Symposium 254, „The Galaxy Disk in Cosmological Context“ (eds. J. Andersen, J. Bland-Hawthorn & Birgitta Nordström), IAUS, 254, 1-6. 5. Tautvaišienė, G, Mikolaitis, Š.,Puzeras E. 2009,E–infrastructure in Baltic States and its Application in Astrophysics Memorie della Società // Astronomica Italiana, 80, 534-539. 6. TautvaišienėG., Edvardsson B.,Puzeras E., Ilyin I. 2007,Abundances of C, N and O as Probes of Mixing in Low–Mass Helium–Core Burning Stars// IAU Symposium 239, “Convection in Astrophysics“ (eds. F. Kupka, I. W. Roxburgh & K. Lam Chan), IAUS, 239, 301-303. 7. TautvaišienėG., Edvardsson B.,Puzeras E., Stasiukaitis E., Ilyin I. 2006, Chemical abundances and mixing in red clump stars of the Galaxy // ESO– Arcetri Workshop „Chemical abundances and mixing in stars in the Milky Way and its satellites“ (eds. S. Randich, L. Pasquini), ESO ASTROPHYSICS SYMPOSIA, Springer-Verlag, 11–12.

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