Bibcode
Pérez-Mesa, V.; Zamora, O.; García-Hernández, D. A.; Plez, B.; Manchado, A.; Karakas, A. I.; Lugaro, M.
Referencia bibliográfica
Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana, v.88, p.451 (2017)
Fecha de publicación:
2017
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0
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Descripción
We have explored the circumstellar effects on the Li abundance
determination in a complete sample of O-rich Galactic asymptotic giant
branch (AGB) stars, previously studied with hydrostatic models. We use a
modified version of the spectral synthesis code Turbospectrum and more
realistic extended model atmospheres that consider the presence of a
gaseous circumstellar envelope and a radial wind in these massive AGB
stars. The Li abundances are determined from the 6708 Å Li I
resonance line. The Li pseudo-dynamical abundances obtained are
practically identical to those derived with hydrostatic models (a
maximum difference of 0.3 dex is found in the only super Li-rich AGB
star in our sample). The low Li abundance and therefore negligible Li I
column-density in the circumstellar envelope likely explains the small
differences between extended and hydrostatic models. Our results confirm
the activation of the hot bottom burning (HBB) process in massive
Galactic AGB stars.