Bibcode
Pérez-Mesa, V.; Zamora, O.; García-Hernández, D. A.; Plez, B.; Manchado, A.; Karakas, A. I.; Lugaro, M.
Bibliographical reference
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 728, Issue 7, article id. 072003 (2016).
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2016
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Description
We report new abundances of Rb and Zr in a sample of massive Galactic
asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars that were previously studied with
hydrostatic models by using more realistic dynamical model atmospheres.
We use a modified version of the spectral synthesis code Turbospectrum,
and consider the presence of a circumstellar envelope and a radial wind
in the modelling of these Galactic AGB stars. The Rb and Zr are
determined from the 7800 Å Rb I resonant line and the 6474 Å
ZrO bandhead, respectively, and they are compared with the AGB
nucleosynthesis theoretical predictions. The derived Rb abundances are
much lower (∼⃒1-2 dex) with the new dynamical models, while
the Zr abundances, however, are closer to the hydrostatic values. The
new model atmospheres can help to resolve the problem of the mismatch
between the observations and the nucleosynthesis theoretical predictions
of massive AGB stars.