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The effects of surface fossil magnetic fields on massive star evolution: IV. Grids of models at Solar, LMC, and SMC metallicities

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OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac2598

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stars: abundances; stars: evolution; stars: magnetic field; stars: massive; stars: rotation

资金

  1. NASA through the NASA Hubble Fellowship Program - Space Telescope Science Institute [HST-HF2-51457.001A]
  2. Swiss National Science Foundation [200020-172505]
  3. European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union [833925]
  4. NASA [80GSFC21M0002, NAS5-26555, NAS8-03060]
  5. NOVA
  6. World Premier International Research Centre Initiative (WPI Initiative), MEXT, Japan
  7. National Science Foundation [AST-2108455, OISE-1927130]
  8. COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) [101008324]
  9. European Union [101008324]
  10. Annie Jump Cannon fellowship - University of Delaware
  11. National Aeronautics and Space Administration through Chandra Award [TM1-22001B]
  12. SURF Cooperative

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Magnetic fields have significant impact on the evolutionary models of massive stars, affecting mass-loss quenching, magnetic braking, and angular momentum transport. In this study, we use the MESA software to compute a grid of stellar structure and evolution models, taking into account the effects of surface fossil magnetic fields. By comparing the models with observations, we quantify the influence of different initial field strengths on the classification of stars and find that chemical mixing is less efficient in magnetic models due to rapid spin-down. We recommend comparing these models with spectropolarimetric and spectroscopic observations to further validate and constrain the magnetic field models.
Magnetic fields can drastically change predictions of evolutionary models of massive stars via mass-loss quenching, magnetic braking, and efficient angular momentum transport, which we aim to quantify in this work. We use the mesa software instrument to compute an extensive main-sequence grid of stellar structure and evolution models, as well as isochrones, accounting for the effects attributed to a surface fossil magnetic field. The grid is densely populated in initial mass (3-60 M-circle dot), surface equatorial magnetic field strength (0-50 kG), and metallicity (representative of the Solar neighbourhood and the Magellanic Clouds). We use two magnetic braking and two chemical mixing schemes and compare the model predictions for slowly rotating, nitrogen-enriched ('Group 2') stars with observations in the Large Magellanic Cloud. We quantify a range of initial field strengths that allow for producing Group 2 stars and find that typical values (up to a few kG) lead to solutions. Between the subgrids, we find notable departures in surface abundances and evolutionary paths. In our magnetic models, chemical mixing is always less efficient compared to non-magnetic models due to the rapid spin-down. We identify that quasi-chemically homogeneous main sequence evolution by efficient mixing could be prevented by fossil magnetic fields. We recommend comparing this grid of evolutionary models with spectropolarimetric and spectroscopic observations with the goals of (i) revisiting the derived stellar parameters of known magnetic stars, and (ii) observationally constraining the uncertain magnetic braking and chemical mixing schemes.

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