Pulsational instability of yellow hypergiants |
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| Authors: | Yu A Fadeyev |
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| Institution: | 1.Institute of Astronomy,Russian Academy of Sciences,Moscow,Russia |
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| Abstract: | Instability of population I (X = 0.7, Z = 0.02) massive stars against radial oscillations during the post-main-sequence gravitational contraction of the helium core
is investigated. Initial stellar masses are in the range 65M
⊙ ≤ M
ZAMS ≤ 90M
⊙. In hydrodynamic computations of self-exciting stellar oscillations we assumed that energy transfer in the envelope of the
pulsating star is due to radiative heat conduction and convection. The convective heat transfer was treated in the framework
of the theory of time-dependent turbulent convection. During evolutionary expansion of outer layers after hydrogen exhaustion
in the stellar core the star is shown to be unstable against radial oscillations while its effective temperature is T
eff > 6700 K for M
ZAMS = 65M
⊙ and T
eff > 7200 K for M
ZAMS = 90M
⊙. Pulsational instability is due to the κ-mechanism in helium ionization zones and at lower effective temperature oscillations decay because of significantly increasing
convection. The upper limit of the period of radial pulsations on this stage of evolution does not exceed ≈200 day. Radial
oscillations of the hypergiant resume during evolutionary contraction of outer layers when the effective temperature is T
eff > 7300 K for M
ZAMS = 65M
⊙ and T
eff > 7600 K for M
ZAMS = 90M
⊙. Initially radial oscillations are due to instability of the first overtone and transition to fundamental mode pulsations
takes place at higher effective temperatures (T
eff > 7700 K for M
ZAMS = 65M
⊙ and T
eff > 8200 K for M
ZAMS = 90M
⊙). The upper limit of the period of radial oscillations of evolving blueward yellow hypergiants does not exceed ≈130 day.
Thus, yellow hypergiants are stable against radial stellar pulsations during the major part of their evolutionary stage. |
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