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The effects of Rotation on Wolf–Rayet Stars and on the Production of Primary Nitrogen by Intermediate Mass Stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Georges Meynet  and
Max Pettini
Georges Meynet
Affiliation:
Geneva Observatory, CH-1290 Sauverny, Switzerland
Max Pettini
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HA, UK

Abstract

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We use the rotating stellar models described in the paper by A. Maeder & G. Meynet in this volume to consider the effects of rotation on the evolution of the most massive stars into and during the Wolf–Rayet phase, and on the post-Main Sequence evolution of intermediate mass stars. The two main results of this discussion are the following. First, we show that rotating models are able to account for the observed properties of the Wolf–Rayet stellar populations at solar metallicity. Second, at low metallicities, the inclusion of stellar rotation in the calculation of chemical yields can lead to a longer time delay between the release of oxygen and nitrogen into the interstellar medium following an episode of star formation, since stars of lower masses (compared to non-rotating models) can synthesize primary N. Qualitatively, such an effect may be required to explain the relative abundances of N and O in extragalactic metal–poor environments, particularly at high redshifts.

Type
Session 5 Final Stages, Nucleosynthesis
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 215: Stellar Rotation , 2004 , pp. 579 - 588
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004 

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