Modelling the composition of a young star cluster ejecta
Abstract
We have computed with a fine time grid the evolution of the elemental abundances of He, C, N and O ejected by a young (t < 20 Myr) and massive (M\,\Msun) coeval stellar cluster with a Salpeter initial mass function (IMF) over a wide range of initial abundances. Our computations incorporate the mass loss from massive stars (M >30 Msun) during their wind phase including the Wolf-Rayet phase and the ejecta from the core collapse supernovae. We find that during the Wolf-Rayet phase (t <5 Myr) the cluster ejecta composition suddenly becomes vastly over-abundant in N for all initial abundances and in He, C and O for initial abundances higher than 1/5th Solar. The C and O abundance in the cluster ejecta can reach over 50 times the solar value with important consequences for the chemical and hydrodynamical evolution of the surrounding ISM.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1204.4879,
title = {Modelling the composition of a young star cluster ejecta},
author = {Mercedes Mollá and Roberto Terlevich},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.4879},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
13 pages, 10 figures, 7 tables, accepted by MNRAS