The metal-rich universe / edited by Garik Israelian and Georges Meynet.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Israelian, Garik, editor.

Meynet, G., editor.

Series:

Cambridge contemporary astrophysics.

Cambridge contemporary astrophysics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metal-rich stars.

Cosmic abundances.

Stars.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 470 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Metal-rich stars accumulate their metals from previous generations of stars, and so contain the history of their galaxy. By studying these stars we can gain valuable insights into how metals change the formation and evolution of stars, and explain the extraordinary massive star populations observed in the metal-rich region of our own galaxy. Observations of metal-rich regions have shown that stars hosting giant planets are generally metal-rich, which has triggered further observations of metal-rich stars. This has led to the discovery of new exoplanets, and advances in the study of planet formation and the late chemical evolution of galaxies. This book covers many aspects, from spectral line formation to stellar formation and evolution in high metallicity regimes. It is invaluable to researchers and graduate students in stellar evolution, extragalactic astronomy, and planet formation.

Contents:

Part I Abundances in the Galaxy: field stars 1

1 Metal-rich stars and stellar populations: a brief history and new results / R.M. Rich 3

2 The metal-rich nature of stars with planets / N.C. Santos 17

3 Solar chemical peculiarities? / C. Allende Prieto 30

4 Kinematics of metal-rich stars with and without planets / A. Ecuvillon, G. Israelian, F. Pont, N.C. Santos, M. Mayor 36

5 Elemental abundance trends in the metal-rich thin and thick disks / S. Feltzing 41

6 Metal-rich massive stars: how metal-rich are they? / D.J. Lennon, C. Trundle 53

7 Hercules-stream stars and the metal-rich thick disk / T. Bensby, M.S. Oey, S. Feltzing, B. Gustafsson 62

8 An abundance survey of the Galactic thick disk / B.E. Reddy, D.L. Lambert, C. Allende Prieto 69

Part II Abundances in the Galaxy: Galactic stars in clusters, bulges and the centre 75

9 Galactic open clusters with supersolar metallicities / S. Randich 77

10 Old and very-metal-rich open clusters in the BOCCE project / A. Bragaglia, E. Carretta, R. Gratton, M. Tosi 88

11 Massive-star versus nebular abundances in the Orion nebula / S. Simon-Diaz 94

12 Abundance surveys of metal-rich bulge stars / J.P. Fulbright, R.M. Rich, A. McWilliam 100

13 Metal abundances in the Galactic Center / F. Najarro 112

14 Light elements in the Galactic bulge / A. Lecureur, V. Hill, M. Zoccali, B. Barbuy 126

15 Metallicity and ages of selected G-K giants / L. Pasquini, M. Dollinger, J. Setiawan, A. Hatzes, L. Girardi, L. da Silva, J.R. de Medeiros, A. Weiss, O. Von Der Luhe 132

Part III Observations

abundances in extragalactic contexts 139

16 Stellar abundances of early-type galaxies / S.C. Trager 141

17 Measuring chemical abundances in extragalactic metal-rich H II regions / F. Bresolin 155

18 On the maximum oxygen abundance in metal-rich spiral galaxies / J.M. Vilchez, L. Pilyugin, T.X. Thuan 168

19 Starbursts and their contribution to metal enrichment / D. Kunth 173

20 High metallicities at high redshifts / M. Pettini 186

21 Evolution of dust and elemental abundances in quasar DLAs and GRB afterglows as a function of cosmic time / B.E. Penprase, W. Sargent, E. Berger 199

22 Dust, metals and diffuse interstellar bands in damped Lyman-alpha systems / S. Ellison 205

23 Tracing metallicities in the Universe with the James Webb Space Telescope / R. Maiolino, S. Arribas, T. Boker, A. Bunker, S. Charlot, G. de Marchi, P. Ferruit, M. Franx, P. Jakobsen, H. Moseley, T. Nagao, L. Origlia, B. Rauscher, M. Regan, H.W. Rix, C.J. Willott 212

Part IV Stellar populations and mass functions 225

24 The stellar initial mass function of metal-rich populations / P. Kroupa 227

25 Initial-mass-function effects on the metallicity and colour evolution of disc galaxies / P. Westera, M. Samland, R. Buser, K. Ammon 249

26 The metallicity of circumnuclear star-forming regions / A.I. Diaz, E. Terlevich, M. Castellanos, G. Hagele 255

27 The stellar population of bulges / P. Jablonka 261

28 The metallicity distribution of the stars in elliptical galaxies / A. Pipino, F. Matteucci 270

29 Wolf-Rayet populations at high metallicity / P.A. Crowther 276

30 The stellar populations of metal-rich starburst galaxies: the frequency of Wolf-Rayet stars / J.R. Souza Leao, C. Leitherer, F. Bresolin, R. Cid Fernandes 288

Part V Physical processes at high metallicity 293

31 Stellar winds from Solar-metallicity and metal-rich massive stars / J. Puls 295

32 On the determination of stellar parameters and abundances of metal-rich stars / Y. Takeda 308

33 Are WNL stars tracers of high metallicity? / G. Grafener, W.-R. Hamann 321

34 The observable metal-enrichment of radiation-driven-pluswind-blown H II regions in the Wolf-Rayet stage / G. Hensler, D. Kroeger, T. Freyer 327

35 Metal-rich A-type supergiants in M31 / N. Przybilla, K. Butler, R.-P. Kudritzki 332

Part VI Formation and evolution of metal-rich stars and stellar yields 339

36 Massive-star evolution at high metallicity / G. Meynet, N. Mowlavi, A. Maeder 341

37 Supernovae in Galactic evolution: direct and indirect metallicity effects / C. Frohlich, R. Hirschi, M. Liebendorfer, F.-K. Thielemann, G. Martinez Pinedo, E. Bravo 354

38 Progenitor evolution of Type-I supernovae: evolution and implications for yields / Sung-Chul Yoon 369

39 Star formation in the metal-rich Universe / I.A. Bonnell 380

40 Metallicity of Solar-type main-sequence stars: seismic tests / S. Vauclair 393

41 Chemical-abundance gradients in early-type galaxies / P. Sanchez-Blazquez 403

42 Oxygen-rich droplets and the enrichment of the interstellar medium / G. Stasinska, G. Tenorio-Tagle, M. Rodriguez, W.J. Henney 409

Part VII Chemical and photometric evolution beyond Solar metallicity 413

43 Models of the Solar vicinity: the metal-rich stage / L. Carigi 415

44 Chemical-evolution models of ellipticals and bulges / F. Matteucci 428

45 Chemical evolution of the Galactic bulge / B. Gibson, A.J. MacDonald, P. Sanchez-Blazquez, L. Carigi 441

46 How do galaxies become metal-rich? An examination of the yield problem / M.G. Edmunds 447

47 Abundance patterns: thick and thin disks / C. Chiappini 454

48 Formation and evolution of the Galactic bulge: constraints from stellar abundances / S.K. Ballero, F. Matteucci, L. Origlia 460.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-107-18406-1

1-281-75142-1

9786611751425

0-511-41477-3

0-511-41545-1

0-511-41318-1

0-511-41223-1

0-511-53626-7

0-511-41410-2

OCLC:

437219423