Modelling of intermediate-age stellar populations: III Effects of dust-shells around AGB stars

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dc.creatorMouhcine, M.
dc.date2002-07-31
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dc.descriptionIn this paper,we present single stellar population models of intermediate age stellar populations where dust-enshrouded AGB stars are introduced. The formation of carbon stars is also accounted for, and is taken to be a function of both initial mass and metallicity. The effect of the dusty envelopes around AGB stars on the optical/near-infrared spectral energy distribution were introduced using semi-emipirical models where the mass-loss and the photospheric chemistry determine the spectral properties of a star along the AGB sequence. The spectral dichotomy between O-rich stars and C-rich stars is taken into account in the modelling. We have investigated the AGB sequence morphology in he near-infrared CMD as a function of time and metallicity. We show that this diaggram is characterized by three morphological features, occupied by optically bright O-rich stars, optically bright C-rich stars, and dust-enshrouded O-rich and C-rich stars respectively. Our models are able to reproduce the distribution of the three AGB subtype stellar populations in colour-colour diagrams. Effects of dusty envelopes on the luminosity function are also investigated (Abriged).
dc.description11 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication in A&A
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0208016
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0208016
dc.identifierAstron.Astrophys.394:125-136,2002
dc.identifierdoi:10.1051/0004-6361:20021096
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/178381
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleModelling of intermediate-age stellar populations: III Effects of dust-shells around AGB stars
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