Did rotating AGB stars pollute the galactic globular clusters?
Abstract
Stars in globular clusters exhibit abundance patterns such as the well-known O-Na and Mg-Al anticorrelations which have no counterpart among halo stars. Whereas winds from AGB stars have been proposed as the primordial sources for these anomalies, the impact of rotation in these stars has not been studied in the GC context. To address this issue we present a model of a rotating AGB star with an initial mass of 7 M⊙ and a metallicity Z = 10-5. We discuss the effect of rotation on the evolutionary features, and focus on the surface abundances which can be modified by rotation, dredge-up events and hot bottom burning.
- Publication:
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From Lithium to Uranium: Elemental Tracers of Early Cosmic Evolution
- Pub Date:
- 2005
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921305006046
- Bibcode:
- 2005IAUS..228..395D