ast 101 introduction to astronomy: stars & galaxies
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AST 101 Introduction to Astronomy:
Stars & Galaxies
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The H-R Diagram review So far: - Stars on Main Sequence (MS) - Pre MS (Star Birth) Next: - Post MS: Giants, Super Giants, White dwarfs
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Evolution of Low Mass Stars (less than ~2 x Sun’s mass)
Protostars à Main sequence
Most of its life on
Main sequence (billions of years)
What happens when
it runs out of hydrogen?
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When The Core Runs Out Of Hydrogen, All That is Left in the Center is Helium
• But the temperature is not hot enough to fuse helium.
• With fusion no longer occurring in the core, gravity causes core collapse ß key theme – Core temperature starts to
heat up • Now Hydrogen fusion has
moved to shells surrounding the core – Pushes outer layers of the
star out.
RED GIANT
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Red Giants • As core collapses,
hydrogen SHELL burns faster and faster – more energy created
• Luminosity increases, lifts outer parts of star
• Star becomes brighter, larger and cooler!!
• All the while, the core is continuing to shrink and is heating up.
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What happens to the Earth? • Red giants have sizes
up to 100 x the Sun’s radius, 1000 times the luminosity
• Sun will swallow Mercury, Venus… EARTH!!!
In 5-7 billion years, we will be toast.
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Putting Doom into Perspective
• 65 million years ago, the dinosaurs died
• Present-day mammals (like us) evolved from small rodents alive at that time
• In the next 5 billion years, we
have about 80 equal sized time intervals - enough time to re-evolve over and over again if necessary
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Eventually, The Core Is Hot Enough To Burn Helium
• At Temp >108 K – helium flash occurs and helium ignites.
• Hydrostatic equilibrium has been restored and the core is now balanced again… happily burning helium to carbon as a Horizontal Branch Star
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Electron Degeneracy Pressure Causes The Helium Flash
• Typical Conditions: – Temperature rise of gas corresponds to pressure rise
(SOLAR THERMOSTAT) • As pressure goes up, gas expands and temperature drops back
down. – Nuclear fusion is kept at a constant rate
• Degenerate conditions (extremely high pressures): – As temperature rises pressure does not change.
• No expansion, no cooling, no stabilization…
RUNAWAY FUSION » (lasts for only a few hours)
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Summary: When a Low-Mass Star runs out of Hydrogen in its Core
1. With fusion no longer occurring in the core, gravity causes core collapse
2. Hydrogen shell starts fusion, lifting outer layers. Red Giant increases luminosity.
3. Under degenerate conditions, core becomes hot enough to fuse Helium: Helium Flash
4. Outer layers fall and heat, luminosity decreases. Helium burns stably: Horizontal Branch Star
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What kind of pressure opposes the inward pull of gravity during
most of a star’s life: A. Thermal pressure. B. Barometric pressure. C. Degeneracy pressure. D. Sound wave pressure. E. Peer pressure.
Clicker Question
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What kind of pressure opposes the inward pull of gravity during
most of a star’s life: A. Thermal pressure. B. Barometric pressure. C. Degeneracy pressure. D. Sound wave pressure. E. Peer pressure.
Clicker Question
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A star moves upwards and to the right on the HR diagram. What is probably happening in the core?
A. The core has just started to burn a new element B. All nuclear burning is slowing down C. The inner core temperature is cooling D. The inner core is collapsing and heating up;
shell burning is increasing
Clicker Question
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A star moves upwards and to the right on the HR diagram. What is probably happening in the core?
A. The core has just started to burn a new element B. All nuclear burning is slowing down C. The inner core temperature is cooling D. The inner core is collapsing and heating up;
shell burning is increasing
Clicker Question
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HR Diagram for an old globular cluster
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Helium Fusion
• Temperatures ~ 100 million K
• He + He + He à C + energy – Triple-alpha process
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What Will Happen When There Is No More Helium in the Core?
A. The core will cool down. B. Carbon fusion will start immediately. C. The star will explode. D. The core will start to collapse. E. The hydrogen fusing shells will go out.
Clicker Question
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What Will Happen When There Is No More Helium in the Core?
A. The core will cool down. B. Carbon fusion will start immediately. C. The star will explode. D. The core will start to collapse. E. The hydrogen fusing shells will go out.
Clicker Question
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When helium runs out….
• Carbon core collapses and heats up • Burning in helium AND hydrogen shells
– Shell burning now unstable = Thermal Pulses
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• Energy generation becomes much higher again
• Outer layers lift and cool again
• Star becomes very luminous red giant – Class II
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• Degeneracy pressure reached before T=600 million K – No carbon fusion
• Stellar winds blow material from the outside – including some carbon
• Outer layers thrown off in a big puff around the inert carbon core – Big puff = Planetary Nebula – Inert carbon core = White
Dwarf • Slowly cools and fades
until it becomes a nearly invisible “black dwarf”
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Spirograph nebula IC 418: The Spirograph nebula
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NGC 6826 NGC 6826: The Blinking Eye Nebula
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Eskimo Nebula NGC 2392: The Eskimo Nebula
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Helix Nebula NGC 7293: The Helix Nebula
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More Planetary Nebulae
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QUIZ #4 Probes knowledge and understanding of the H-R diagram. a) Draw the H-R diagram, making sure to indicate the axes and the location of the Main Sequence stars [3pt] b) Roughly indicate where is the location of the Sun [1pt] c) Indicate where the hot blue stars are [1 pt] d) Indicate where the cold red stars are [1pt] e) Indicate where on the diagram you would put a protostar [2pt] f) Indicate where on the diagram the Sun will move once it runs out of Hydrogen in its core. [2pt]