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2003ApJ...590L..99D - Astrophys. J., 590, L99-L102 (2003/June-3)

The abundance evolution of oxygen, sodium, and magnesium in extremely metal poor intermediate-mass stars: implications for the self-pollution scenario in globular clusters.

DENISSENKOV P.A. and HERWIG F.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present full stellar evolution and parametric models of the surface abundance evolution of 16O, 22Ne, 23Na, and the magnesium isotopes in an extremely metal poor intermediate-mass star (MZAMS=5 M, where ZAMS stands for the zero-age main sequence, and Z=0.0001). 16O and 22Ne are injected into the envelope by the third dredge-up following thermal pulses on the asymptotic giant branch. These species and the initially present 24Mg are depleted by hot bottom burning (HBB) during the interpulse phase. As a result, 23Na, 25Mg, and 26Mg are enhanced. If the HBB temperatures are sufficiently high for this process to deplete oxygen efficiently, 23Na is first produced and then depleted during the interpulse phase. Although the simultaneous depletion of 16O and enhancement of 23Na is possible, the required fine-tuning of the dredge-up and HBB casts some doubt on the robustness of this process as the origin of the O-Na anticorrelation observed in globular cluster stars. However, a very robust prediction of our models are low 24Mg/25Mg and 24Mg/26Mg ratios whenever significant 16O depletion can be achieved. This seems to be in stark contrast to recent observations of the magnesium isotopic ratios in the globular cluster NGC 6752.

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Journal keyword(s): Galaxy: Globular Clusters: General - Stars: Abundances - Stars: AGB and Post-AGB

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