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Low-mass stellar models with new opacity tables and varying α-element enhancement factors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2006

A. Weiss ,
J. Ferguson  and
M. Salaris
A. Weiss
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany email: aweiss@mpa-garching.mpg.de
J. Ferguson
Affiliation:
Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, Twelve Quays House, Egerton Wharf, Birkenhead, CH41 1LD, UK
M. Salaris
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS 67260-0032, USA
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Abstract

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We have computed new models for stars of low and intermediate mass, with varying degrees of α-element enhancement factors, using new low-temperature molecular opacities. We present some of the effects found.

Keywords

stars: generalevolutionlow-mass
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Symposium S241: Stellar Populations as Building Blocks of Galaxies , December 2006 , pp. 43 - 44
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007

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