Abundance analysis of a sample of evolved stars in the outskirts of ωω Centauri☆

2010 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 520-529
Author(s):  
S. Villanova ◽  
G. Carraro ◽  
R. Scarpa ◽  
G. Marconi
Keyword(s):  
Evolved Stars

scholarly journals CCD photometry and spectroscopy of 14 IRAS sources having far-IR colours similar to Planetary Nebulae

1997 ◽  
Vol 180 ◽  
pp. 365-365
Author(s):  
B. E. Reddy ◽  
M. Parthasarathy
Keyword(s):  
Spectral Energy Distribution ◽  
Planetary Nebulae ◽  
Spectral Energy ◽  
Galactic Latitude ◽  
Ccd Photometry ◽  
Ccd Imaging ◽  
Evolved Stars ◽  
Molecular Features ◽  
Intense Mass ◽  
Low Mass

CCD imaging and BVRI photometry of 14 IRAS sources with far-IR colours similar to planetary nebulae and post-AGB stars are presented. Also results of optical and near-IR spectroscopy of 10 of these candidates are given. Based on the spectral energy distribution from 0.4 μm to 100 μm, the sample of program stars are put into two groups. The sources IRAS 08187-1905, IRAS 05238-0626 and IRAS 17086-2403 present similar flux distributions. These three sources have detached cold dust components with dust radii Rd ≈ 1000 R∗. The low infrared variability of theses sources suggests that the intense mass loss has been ceased. All three sources are at high galactic latitude (1>9°) suggesting that these are old low-mass evolved stars. In the IRAS colour-colour diagram of Likkel et al (1991) these sources fall in the region where most of the stars are evolved stars and PNe but without CO detection. This is consistent with at least one source IRAS 17086-2403, in which OH and CO molecular features are not detected. The far-IR excess, non-variability and high latitude of these objects suggest that these are post-AGB supergiants, slowly evolving towards planetary nebula phase.

scholarly journals MESS (Mass-loss of Evolved StarS), aHerschelkey program

2011 ◽  
Vol 526 ◽  
pp. A162 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. T. Groenewegen ◽  
C. Waelkens ◽  
M. J. Barlow ◽  
F. Kerschbaum ◽  
P. Garcia-Lario ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Loss ◽  
Evolved Stars

scholarly journals A RE-EVALUATION OF THE EVOLVED STARS IN THE GLOBULAR CLUSTER M13

2010 ◽  
Vol 139 (6) ◽  
pp. 2374-2409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric L. Sandquist ◽  
Mark Gordon ◽  
Daniel Levine ◽  
Michael Bolte
Keyword(s):  
Globular Cluster ◽  
Evolved Stars

scholarly journals Hot and cold running water: understanding evolved star winds

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (S336) ◽  
pp. 347-350
Author(s):  
A. M. S. Richards ◽  
M. D. Gray ◽  
A. Baudry ◽  
E. M. L. Humphreys ◽  
S. Etoka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Loss ◽  
Circumstellar Envelope ◽  
Number Density ◽  
Running Water ◽  
Physical Conditions ◽  
Evolved Stars ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
Homogeneous Regions ◽  
Maser Sources

AbstractOutstanding problems concerning mass-loss from evolved stars include initial wind acceleration and what determines the clumping scale. Reconstructing physical conditions from maser data has been highly uncertain due to the exponential amplification. ALMA and e-MERLIN now provide image cubes for five H2O maser transitions around VY CMa, at spatial resolutions comparable to the size of individual clouds or better, covering excitation states from 204 to 2360 K. We use the model of Gray et al. 2016, to constrain variations of number density and temperature on scales of a few au, an order of magnitude finer than is possible with thermal lines, comparable to individual cloud sizes or locally almost homogeneous regions. We compare results with the models of Decin et al. 2006 and Matsuura et al. 2014 for the circumstellar envelope of VY CMa; in later work this will be extended to other maser sources.

scholarly journals Binary Companions of Evolved Stars in APOGEE DR14: Orbital Circularization

2018 ◽  
Vol 867 (1) ◽  
pp. 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian M. Price-Whelan ◽  
Jeremy Goodman
Keyword(s):  
Evolved Stars

scholarly journals Using non-solar-scaled opacities to derive stellar parameters

2018 ◽  
Vol 620 ◽  
pp. A54 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Saffe ◽  
M. Flores ◽  
P. Miquelarena ◽  
F. M. López ◽  
M. Jaque Arancibia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Precision ◽  
Chemical Species ◽  
Model Atmosphere ◽  
Condensation Temperature ◽  
Spectroscopic Methods ◽  
Fundamental Parameters ◽  
Evolved Stars ◽  
Solar Type ◽  
Scaled Models ◽  
Previous Step

Aims. In an effort to improve spectroscopic methods of stellar parameters determination, we implemented non-solar-scaled opacities in a simultaneous derivation of fundamental parameters and abundances. We wanted to compare the results with the usual solar-scaled method using a sample of solar-type and evolved stars. Methods. We carried out a high-precision determination of stellar parameters and abundances by applying non-solar-scaled opacities and model atmospheres. Our sample is composed of 20 stars, including main sequence and evolved objects. The stellar parameters were determined by imposing ionization and excitation equilibrium of Fe lines, with an updated version of the FUNDPAR program, together with plane-parallel ATLAS12 model atmospheres and the MOOG code. Opacities for an arbitrary composition and vmicro were calculated through the opacity sampling (OS) method. We used solar-scaled models in the first step, and then continued the process, but scaled to the abundance values found in the previous step (i.e. non-solar-scaled). The process finishes when the stellar parameters of one step are the same as in the previous step, i.e. we use a doubly iterated method. Results. We obtained a small difference in stellar parameters derived with non-solar-scaled opacities compared to classical solar-scaled models. The differences in Teff, log g, and [Fe/H] amount to 26 K, 0.05 dex, and 0.020 dex for the stars in our sample. These differences can be considered the first estimation of the error due to the use of classical solar-scaled opacities to derive stellar parameters with solar-type and evolved stars. We note that some chemical species could also show an individual variation greater than those of the [Fe/H] (up to ~0.03 dex) and varying from one species to another, obtaining a chemical pattern difference between the two methods. This means that condensation temperature Tc trends could also present a variation. We include an example showing that using non-solar-scaled opacities, the solution found with the classical solar-scaled method indeed cannot always verify the excitation and ionization balance conditions required for a model atmosphere. We discuss in the text the significance of the differences obtained when using solar-scaled versus non-solar-scaled methods. Conclusions. We consider that the use of the non-solar-scaled opacities is not mandatory in every statistical study with large samples of stars. However, for those high-precision works whose results depend on the mutual comparison of different chemical species (such as the analysis of condensation temperature Tc trends), we consider its application to be worthwhile. To date, this is probably one of the most precise spectroscopic methods for stellar parameter derivation.

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