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Chemical pollution from AGB Stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2005

S. Cristallo
Affiliation:
Teramo Observatory, INAF, Teramo 64100, Italy email: cristallo@oa-teramo.inaf.it, straniero@oa-teramo.inaf.it, piersanti@oa-teramo.inaf.it
O. Straniero
Affiliation:
Teramo Observatory, INAF, Teramo 64100, Italy email: cristallo@oa-teramo.inaf.it, straniero@oa-teramo.inaf.it, piersanti@oa-teramo.inaf.it
R. Gallino
Affiliation:
Department of General Physics, University of Torino, Torino 10125, Italy email: gallino@ph.unito.it
L. Piersanti
Affiliation:
Teramo Observatory, INAF, Teramo 64100, Italy email: cristallo@oa-teramo.inaf.it, straniero@oa-teramo.inaf.it, piersanti@oa-teramo.inaf.it
I. Dominguez
Affiliation:
Fisica Teorica y del Cosmos, Universidad de Granada, Granada 18071, Spain email: inma@ugr.es
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Abstract

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Low mass AGB Stars are the main contributors to the Galactic s-process enrichment. We present new theoretical results obtained by adopting a full network from H to Bi coupled with the physical evolution of the stellar structure. We describe the formation of a 13C pocket as a consequence of H diffusion from the envelope into the He-rich intershell. Such 13C is burnt during the interpulse phase and provides the main neutron source in these stars. We computed two models with the same total mass (that is 2 M[odot ]) but two different initial chemical composition, namely (Y=0.269 – Z=0.015) and (Y=0.245 – Z=0.0001), representative of disk and halo stars respectively. We evaluate the differences in the final s-process surface composition and compare the results with the available observational data.

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© 2005 International Astronomical Union