Yields of Nucleosynthesis from massive and intermediate mass stars and constraints on their final evolution |
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| Authors: | D C V Mallik Sushma V Mallik |
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| Institution: | (1) Indian Institute of Astrophysics, 560 034 Bangalore |
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| Abstract: | Nucleosynthetic yields and production rates of helium and heavy elements are derived using new initial mass functions which
take into account the recent revisions in O star counts and the stellar models of Maeder (1981a, b) which incorporate the
effects of massloss on evolution. The current production rates are significantly higher than the earlier results due to Chiosi
& Caimmi (1979) and Chiosi (1979), and a near-uniform birthrate operating over the history of the galactic disc explains the
currently observed abundances. However, the yields are incompatibly high, and to obtain agreement it is necessary to assume
that stars above a certain mass do not explode but proceed to total collapse. Further confirmation of this idea comes from
the consideration of the specific yields and production rates of oxygen, carbon and iron and the constraints imposed by the
observational enrichment history in the disc as discussed by Twarog & Wheeler (1982). Substantial amounts of4He and14C, amongst the primary synthesis species, are contributed by the intermediate mass stars in their wind phases. If substantial
numbers of them exploded as Type I SN, their contribution to the yields of12C and56Fe would be far in excess of the requirements of galactic nucleosynthesis. Either efficient massloss precludes such catastrophic
ends for these stars, or the current stellar models are sufficiently in error to leave room for substantial revisions in the
specific yields. The proposed upward revision of the12C (α,γ)16O rate may produce the necessary changes in stellar yields to provide a solution to this problem. Stars that produce most
of the metals in the Galaxy are the same ones that contribute most to the observed supernova rate. |
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| Keywords: | stars nucleosynthesis stars birthrate stars intermediate mass Supernovae Type I |
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