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Title: | An observational study of post-asymptotic giant branch stars. | ||||
Author: | Sahin, Timur |
ISNI:
0000 0001 3545 1459
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Awarding Body: | Queens University Belfast | ||||
Current Institution: | Queen's University Belfast | ||||
Date of Award: | 2008 | ||||
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In this thesis, we present an LTE model atmosphere analyses of a group of early B-type postasymptotic
giant branch (pAGB) stars. With initial masses::; 9Mo, post-AGB stars form an
important group of evolved stars and provide a unique opportunity to study stellar evolution
almost on a human time-scale. Post-AGB stars have spectral types ranging from K to Band
luminosities between 103 and 104Lo. These objects ended their asymptotic giant branch (AGB)
evolution phase with a peliod of strong mass loss (10-7 - 1O-4Moyr-l
) and have been evolving
from cooler to hotter temperatures at almost constant luminosity on a timescale of ~ 104yr.
B-type pAGB stars span a wide range in effective temperature (10 000 - 30000K). Their expected
surface gravities (log g) and effective temperatures (Terr ) coincide with those of B stars
evolving from the main sequence. Therefore systematic observational analyses are required to
to distinguish these two groups. Furthermore, post-AGB stars may be divided into four distinct
groups bqsed on their chemical composition. In this thesis, groups I and II represent post-AGB
stars which are very metal deficient with CjO~l and metal poor with CjO |
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Supervisor: | Not available | Sponsor: | Not available | ||
Qualification Name: | Thesis (Ph.D.) | Qualification Level: | Doctoral | ||
EThOS ID: | uk.bl.ethos.492494 | DOI: | Not available | ||
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