The rapid evolution of the born-again giant Sakurai's object

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dc.creatorAsplund, M.
dc.creatorLambert, D. L.
dc.creatorKipper, T.
dc.creatorPollacco, D.
dc.creatorShetrone, M. D.
dc.date1998-11-13
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:29:05Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:29:05Z
dc.descriptionThe extraordinarily rapid evolution of the born-again giant Sakurai's object can be traced both in a continued cooling of the stellar surface and dramatic changes in chemical composition on a timescale of a mere few months. The abundance alterations are the results of the mixing and nuclear reactions which have ensued due to the final He-shell flash which occurred during the descent along the white dwarf cooling track. The observed changes in the H and Li abundances can be explained by ingestion and burning of the H-rich envelope and Li-production through the Cameron-Fowler mechanism. The rapidly increasing abundances of the light s-elements (including Sc) is consistent with current s-processing by neutrons released from the concomitantly produced 13C. However, the possibility that the s-elements have previously been synthesized during the AGB-phase and only mixed to the surface in connection with the final He-shell flash cannot be convincingly ruled out either. Since Sakurai's object shows substantial abundance similarities with the R CrB stars and has recently undergone RCrB-like visual fading events, the ``birth'' of an RCrB star may have been witnessed for the first time ever.
dc.description13 pages; accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9811208
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9811208
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/13333
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleThe rapid evolution of the born-again giant Sakurai's object
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