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Massive stars in globular clusters: drivers of chemical and dynamical evolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 July 2011

Thibault Decressin
Thibault Decressin*
Affiliation:
Argelander Institute for Astronomy (AIfA), Auf dem Hügel 71, D-53121 Bonn, Germany email: Thibaut.Decressin@unige.ch
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Abstract

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Massive stars have a strong impact on globular cluster evolution. First providing they rotate initially fast enough they can reach the break-up velocity during the main sequence and a mechanical mass-loss will eject matter from the equator at low velocity. Rotation-induced mixing will also bring matter from the convective core to the surface. From this ejected matter loaded in H-burning material a second generation of stars will born. The chemical pattern of these second generation stars are similar to the one observed for stars in globular cluster with abundance anomalies in light elements. Then during the explosion as supernovae the massive stars will also clear the cluster of the remaining gas. If this gas expulsion process acts on short timescale it can strongly modify the dynamical properties of clusters by ejecting preferentially first generation stars.

Keywords

stars: abundancesstars: evolutionstars: mass lossglobular clusters: generalstellar dynamicsmethods: n-body simulations
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 6 , Symposium S272: Active OB stars: structure, evolution, mass loss, and critical limits , July 2010 , pp. 227 - 232
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2011

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