期刊
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
卷 684, 期 1, 页码 L29-L32出版社
IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1086/591963
关键词
MHD; stars : abundances; stars : AGB and post-AGB; stars : interiors; stars : magnetic fields; stars : rotation
资金
- SST [GO-50134]
- NSF [AST-0406799]
- MURST [PRIN2006-022731]
- DOE-FG03-88ER13851
The available information on isotopic abundances in the atmospheres of low-mass red giant branch (RGB) and asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars requires that episodes of extensive mixing occur below the convective envelope, reaching down to layers close to the hydrogen burning shell ( cool bottom processing). Recently, it was suggested that dynamo-produced buoyant magnetic flux tubes could provide the necessary physical mechanisms and also supply sufficient transport rates. Here, we present an alpha-Omega dynamo in the envelope of an RGB/AGB star in which shear and rotation drain via turbulent dissipation and Poynting flux. In this context, if the dynamo is to be sustained throughout either phase, convection must resupply shear. Under this condition, volume-averaged peak toroidal field strengths of < B-phi > similar or equal to 3 x 10(3) G (RGB) and < B-phi > similar or equal to 5 x 10(3) G (AGB) are possible at the base of the convection zone. If the magnetic fields are concentrated in flux tubes, the corresponding field strengths are comparable to those required by cool bottom processing.
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