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Fe-deficiency in H-deficient post-AGB stars due to n-capture nucleosynthesis

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

H-deficient post-AGB objects, e.g. PG1159 type star K1-16 and born-again AGB star Sakurai's object, have been reported to be significantly iron-deficient. We find that the iron deficiencies expected due to neutron-capture nucleosynthesis during either the progenitor AGB evolution and/or the neutron burst that occurs as a result of the rapid burning of protons during a post-AGB He-flash are generally in line with observations.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0202143,
  title  = {Fe-deficiency in H-deficient post-AGB stars due to n-capture nucleosynthesis},
  author = {Falk Herwig and Maria Lugaro and Klaus Werner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0202143},
  year   = {2007}
}

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2 pages, 1 figure, paper presented at IAU Symp 209 "Planetary Nebulae"