J/ApJ/836/15 Spectra of the post-AGB star J005252.87-722842.9 (Kamath+, 2017)
Discovery of a metal-poor, luminous post-AGB star that failed the third
dredge-up.
Kamath D., Van Winckel H., Wood P.R., Asplund M., Karakas A.I.,
Lattanzio J.C.
<Astrophys. J., 836, 15-15 (2017)>
=2017ApJ...836...15K 2017ApJ...836...15K (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
ADC_Keywords: Stars, giant ; Spectroscopy ; Abundances ; Equivalent widths
Keywords: Magellanic Clouds; methods: observational; stars: abundances;
stars: AGB and post-AGB; stars: chemically peculiar; stars: evolution
Abstract:
Post-asymptotic giant branch (post-AGB) stars are known to be
chemically diverse. In this paper we present the first observational
evidence of a star that has failed the third dredge-up (TDU).
J005252.87-722842.9 is an A-type (Teff=8250±250K) luminous
(8200±700L☉) metal-poor ([Fe/H]=-1.18±0.10) low-mass
(Minitial∼1.5-2.0M☉) post-AGB star in the Small Magellanic
Cloud. Through a systematic abundance study, using high-resolution
optical spectra from UVES, we found that this likely post-AGB object
shows an intriguing photospheric composition with no confirmed
carbon-enhancement (upper limit of [C/Fe]<0.50) nor enrichment of
s-process elements. We derived an oxygen abundance of [O/Fe]=0.29±0.1.
For Fe and O, we took the effects of nonlocal thermodynamic
equilibrium into account. We could not derive an upper limit for the
nitrogen abundance as there are no useful nitrogen lines within our
spectral coverage. The chemical pattern displayed by this object has
not been observed in single or binary post-AGBs. Based on its derived
stellar parameters and inferred evolutionary state, single-star
nucleosynthesis models predict that this star should have undergone
TDU episodes while on the AGB, and it should be carbon enriched.
However, our observations are in contrast with these predictions. We
identify two possible Galactic analogs that are likely to be post-AGB
stars, but the lack of accurate distances (hence luminosities) to
these objects does not allow us to confirm their post-AGB status. If
they have low luminosities, then they are likely to be dusty post-RGB
stars. The discovery of J005252.87-722842.9 reveals a new stellar
evolutionary channel whereby a star evolves without any TDU episodes.
Description:
We obtained high-resolution optical spectra using the UVES echelle
spectrograph, mounted on the 8m UT2 Kueyen Telescope of the VLT array
at the Paranal Observatory of ESO in Chile.
Objects:
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RA (ICRS) DE Designation(s)
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00 52 52.87 -72 28 42.9 J005252.87-722842.9 = SSTISAGEMC J005252.92-722843.1
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ReadMe 80 . This file
table3.dat 40 131 The linelist of J005252.87-722842.9
fig2/* . 3 The 3 FITS spectra showed in Figure 2
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Description of file: Three FITS files, J005252BLUEfinal.fits,
J005252REDLfinal.fits, and J005252REDUfinal.fits of high-resolution
optical spectra using the UVES echelle spectrograph mounted on the 8m UT2
Kueyen Telescope of the VLT array at the Paranal Observatory of ESO in Chile.
We used the dichroic beam-splitter which resulted in a wavelength coverage
in the blue arm from approximately 3280 to 4530 Angstroms and in the red arm
for the lower and upper part of the mosaic CCD chip from approximately 4780
to 5770 Angstroms and from 5800 to 6810 Angstroms, respectively.
See also:
J/ApJS/92/125 : Post-AGB evolution (Vassiliadis+, 1994)
J/A+A/425/595 : OGLE+2MASS+DENIS LPV in Magellanic Clouds (Groenewegen, 2004)
J/ApJS/155/651 : Evolution of extremely metal-poor stars (Herwig+, 2004)
J/AJ/132/2268 : SAGE calibration stars (Meixner+, 2006)
J/ApJ/655/212 : S3MC IRAC and MIPS photometry (Bolatto+, 2007)
J/A+A/484/815 : Scaled solar tracks and isochrones (Bertelli+, 2008)
J/MNRAS/403/1413 : Updated stellar yields from AGB models (Karakas, 2010)
J/A+A/533/A109 : Pisa pre-main sequence tracks and isochrones (Tognelli+, 2011)
J/A+A/530/A90 : Optically bright post-AGB population of LMC (van Aarle+, 2011)
J/A+A/557/A104 : CO observations of post-AGB stars (Bujarrabal+, 2013)
J/A+A/554/A106 : Abundance study of LMC post-AGB stars (van Aarle+, 2013)
J/A+A/560/A44 : Abundances of LMC bar and disk stars (Van der Swaelmen+, 2013)
J/MNRAS/439/2211 : Post-AGB/RGB and YSOs in SMC (Kamath+, 2014)
J/A+A/568/A25 : C and O abundances in stellar populations (Nissen+, 2014)
J/A+A/583/A56 : Abundance study of two LMC post-AGB stars (De Smedt+, 2015)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 4 F4.1 --- Ion [8/28.1] Atomic number+0.1*ionisation stage
6- 13 F8.3 0.1nm lambda [3408.7/6456.4] Wavelength in rest frame;
in Angstroms
15- 20 F6.3 eV chi [0/10.8] Excitation potential
22- 27 F6.3 [-] loggf [-4.1/0.4] Log Oscillator strength
29- 34 F6.2 10-13m EW [3.8/124] Equivalenth width; in milli-Angstroms
36- 40 F5.3 [-] Abd [2.1/8.3] Obtained abundance
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(End) Prepared by [AAS], Emmanuelle Perret [CDS] 07-Sep-2017