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Massive star evolution revealed in the Mass-Luminosity plane
- Source :
- Proc. IAU 14 (2018) 480-485
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Massive star evolution is dominated by key physical processes such as mass loss, convection and rotation, yet these effects are poorly constrained, even on the main sequence. We utilise a detached, eclipsing binary HD166734 as a testbed for single star evolution to calibrate new MESA stellar evolution grids. We introduce a novel method of comparing theoretical models with observations in the 'Mass-Luminosity Plane', as an equivalent to the HRD (see Higgins & Vink, 2018). We reproduce stellar parameters and abundances of HD166734 with enhanced overshooting (alpha=0.5), mass loss and rotational mixing. When comparing the constraints of our testbed to the systematic grid of models we find that a higher value of alpha = 0.5 (rather than 0.1) results in a solution which is more likely to evolve to a neutron star than a black hole, due to a lower value of the compactness parameter.
- Subjects :
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Journal :
- Proc. IAU 14 (2018) 480-485
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1810.12924
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921319001170