Pre-Main-Sequence evolution of rotating low-mass stars

The evolutionary behaviour of rotating low-mass stars in the mass range 0.2 and 0.9M ⊙ has been investigated during the pre-Main-Sequence phase. The angular momentum is conserved locally in radiative regions and totally in convective regions, according to a predetermined angular velocity distribution depending on the structure of the star. As the stars contract toward the zero-age Main Sequence, they spin up under the assumption that the angular momentum is conserved during the evolution of the stars. When the stars have differential rotations, their inner regions rotate faster than the outer regions. The effective temperatures and luminosities of rotating low-mass stars are obtained lower than those of non-rotating stars. They have lower central temperature and density values compared to those of non-rotating stars.Publisher's Versio

Double shell burning phase of intermediate mass Population III stars

The evolution of Population III intermediate mass stars of 5, 7, and 9M ⊙ has been studied after the core He-exhaustion phase. There are two energy producing regions within the stars; one is H-burning shell and the other is He-burning shell. During the double shell burning phase, the evolution does not proceed on the asymtotic giant branch and the second dredge-up does not appear, hence, there is no change in the surface composition of the stars. The final state of these stars are important in modelling the galactic evolution

Pregalactic-primordial low-mass stars

The Main-Sequence positions as well as the evolutionary behavior of Population III stars up to an evolution age of 2×1010 yr, taking this time as the age of the Universe, have been investigated in the mass range 0.2 and 0.8M ⊙. While Population III stars with masses greater than 0.3M ⊙ develop a radiative core during the approach to the Main Sequence, stars with masses smaller than 0.3M ⊙ reach the Main Sequence as a wholly convective stars. Population III stars with masses greater than 0.5M ⊙ show a brightening of at most 2.2 in bolometric magnitude when the evolution is terminated as compared to the value which corresponds to zero-age Main Sequence. The positions of stars with masses smaller than 0.5M ⊙ remain almost the same in the H-R diagram. If Population III stars have formed over a range of redshifts, 6<Z<1500, the original starlight of low-mass Population III stars could now be the part of infrared and/or microwave background spectrum between 7 and 1400 μm.Publisher's Versio