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Grids of rotating stellar models with masses between 1.0 and 3.0 Msun

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2015-06-12 v1

Abstract

We calculated a grid of evolutionary tracks of rotating models with masses between 1.0 and 3.0 MM_{\odot} and a resolution δM0.02\delta M \leq 0.02 MM_{\odot}, which can be used to study the effects of rotation on stellar evolutions and on the characteristics of star clusters. The value of \sim2.05 MM_{\odot} is a critical mass for the effects of rotation on stellar structure and evolution. For stars with M>M > 2.05 MM_{\odot}, rotation leads to an increase in the convective core and prolongs the lifetime of main sequence (MS); rotating models evolve slower than non-rotating ones; the effects of rotation on the evolution of these stars are similar to those of convective core overshooting. However for stars with 1.1 <M/M<< M/M_{\odot}< 2.05, rotation results in a decrease in the convective core and shortens the lifetime of MS; rotating models evolve faster than non-rotating ones. When the mass is located in the range of \sim1.7 - 2.0 MM_{\odot}, the mixing caused by rotationally induced instabilities is not efficient; the hydrostatic effects dominate the effect on the evolution of these stars. For the models with masses between about 1.6 and 2.0 MM_{\odot}, rotating models always exhibit lower effective temperatures than non-rotating ones at the same age during the MS stage. For a given age, the lower the mass, the smaller the change in the effective temperature. Thus rotations could lead to a color spread near the MS turnoff in the color-magnitude diagram for the intermediate-age star clusters.

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@article{arxiv.1212.1511,
  title  = {Grids of rotating stellar models with masses between 1.0 and 3.0 Msun},
  author = {Wuming Yang and Shaolan Bi and Xiangcun Meng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.1511},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

13 pages, 10 figures. Accepted for publication in RAA