Three-dimensional Hydrodynamical Simulations of a Proton Ingestion Episode in a Low-metallicity Asymptotic Giant Branch Star

Stancliffe, Richard; Dearborn, David; Lattanzio, John; Heap, Stuart; Campbell, S

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Three-dimensional Hydrodynamical Simulations of a Proton Ingestion Episode in a Low-metallicity Asymptotic Giant Branch Star

Date

2011

Authors

Stancliffe, Richard

Dearborn, David

Lattanzio, John

Heap, Stuart

Campbell, S

Publisher

IOP Publishing

Abstract

We use the three-dimensional (3D) stellar structure code DJEHUTY to model the ingestion of protons into the intershell convection zone of a 1 M ⊙ asymptotic giant branch star of metallicity Z = 10 -4. We have run two simulations: a low-resolution one of