The thermonuclear production of $mathsf{^{19}}$F by Wolf-Rayet stars revisited
The thermonuclear production of $mathsf{^{19}}$F by Wolf-Rayet stars revisited
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重温沃尔夫-拉叶星 $mathsf{^{19}}$F 的热核产生
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2005
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G. Meynet
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作者:
Ana Palacios;Marcel Arnould;G. Meynet
New models of rotating and non-rotating stars are computed for initial masses between 25 and 120 M ○. and for metallicities Z = 0.004, 0.008, 0.020, and 0.040 with the aim of reexamining the wind contribution of Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars to the 19 F enrichment of the interstellar medium. Models with an initial rotation velocity v i = 300 km s -1 are found to globally eject less 19 F than the non-rotating models. We compare our new predictions with those of Meynet & Arnould (2000, A&A, 355, 176), and demonstrate that the 19 F yields are very sensitive to the still uncertain 19 F(α, ρ) 22 Ne rate and to the adopted mass loss rates. Using the recommended mass loss rate values that take into account the clumping of the WR wind and the NACRE reaction rates, when available, we obtain WR 19 F yields that are significantly lower than predicted by Meynet & Arnould (2000, A&A, 355, 176) and that would make WR stars non-important contributors to the galactic 19 F budget. In view, however, of the large nuclear and mass loss rate uncertainties, we consider that the question of the WR contribution to the galactic 19 F remains quite open.