Chapter 12. Star Stuff (mostly different from book)

1. Chapter 12. Star Stuff (mostly different from book) • Birth of Stars from Interstellar Clouds •Young stars near clouds of gas and dust •Contraction and heating of clouds into protostars • Hydrogen fusion stops collapse II. Leaving the Main Sequence: Hydrogen fusion stops 1. Low mass stars (M < 0.4 solar masses) Not enough mass to ever fuse any element heavier than Hydrogen → white dwarf 2.Intermediate mass stars (0.4 solar masses < M < 4 solar masses, including our Sun) He fusion, red giant, ejects outer layers → white dwarf 3.High mass Stars (M > 4 solar masses) Fusion of He,C,O,…..but not Fe (Iron) fusion Faster and faster → Core collapses → Supernova blows up and produces all elements heavier than Fe

2. How massive are newborn stars?

3. A cluster of many stars can form out of a single cloud.

4. Very massive stars are rare • Low-mass stars are common. • Minimum mass needed to become a star: 0.08 solar masses Luminosity Temperature

5. • How massive are newborn stars? • Low mass stars are more numerous than high mass stars • Newborn stars come in a range of masses, but cannot be less massive than 0.08MSun. • Below this mass, pressure in the core is not enough (10 million K) for hydrogen fusion, and the object becomes a “failed star” known as a brown dwarf.

6. Equilibrium inside M.S. stars

7. Question What happens when a star can no longer fuse hydrogen to helium in its core? A. Core cools off B. Core shrinks and heats up C. Core stays at same temperature D. Helium fusion immediately begins

8. Question What happens when a star can no longer fuse hydrogen to helium in its core? A. Core cools off B. Core shrinks and heats up C. Core stays at same temperature D. Helium fusion immediately begins

9. Ch. 12 Part II (not like book).Leaving the Main Sequence:Hydrogen fusion stops 1. Low mass stars (M < 0.4 solar masses) Not enough mass to ever fuse any element heavier than Hydrogen  white dwarf 2.Intermediate mass stars (0.4 solar masses < M < 4 solar masses, including our Sun) He fusion, red giant, ejects outer layers  white dwarf 3.High mass Stars (M > 4 solar masses) Fusion of He,C,O,…..but not Fe (Iron) fusion Faster and faster  Core collapses  Supernova  Blows up and produces all elements heavier than Fe

10. Outline of Chapter 12 Part II Evolution and Death of Stars Leaving the Main Sequence: BEWARE THAT THE BOOK DOES NOT USE THE SAME DEFINITIONS OF LOW, INTERMEDIATE AND HIGH MASS STARS. AS MENTIONED, THE EXAM WILL BE BASED ON THE LECTURES AND NOT ON THE BOOK

11. Remember: Stellar Masses

12. Composition inside M.S. stars Eventually the core fills up with helium and hydrogen fusion stops

13. Leaving the Main Sequence: Hydrogen fusion stops 1. Low mass stars (M < 0.4 solar masses) Not enough mass to ever fuse any element heavier than Hydrogen  white dwarf White Dwarfs

14. I.Leaving the Main Sequence: Hydrogen fusion stops 2. Intermediate mass stars (0.4 solar masses < M < 4 solar masses, including our Sun) He fusion, red giant, ejects outer layers  white dwarf

15. Helium fusion requires much higher temperatures than hydrogen fusion because larger charge leads to greater repulsion

16. Stars like our Sun become Red Giants after they leave the M.S. and eventually White Dwarfs

18. Most red giants stars eject their outer layers

19. A star like our sun dies by puffing off its outer layers, creating a planetary nebula. Only a white dwarf is left behind

20. A star like our sun dies by puffing off its outer layers, creating a planetary nebula. Only a white dwarf is left behind

21. A star like our sun dies by puffing off its outer layers, creating a planetary nebula. Only a white dwarf is left behind

22. A star like our sun dies by puffing off its outer layers, creating a planetary nebula. Only a white dwarf is left behind

23. II. Leaving the Main Sequence: Hydrogen fusion stops 3.High mass Stars (M > 4 solar masses) Fusion of He,C,O,…..but not Fe (Iron) fusion Faster and faster  Core collapses  Supernova  Produces all elements heavier than Fe and blows up

24. Supernovas 3. High mass star (M > 4 solar masses) Fusion of He,C,O,…..but not Fe (Iron) fusion Faster and faster  Core collapses  Supernova Produces all elements heavier than Fe and blows envelope apart ejecting to interstellar space most of its mass Supernova Remnants: Crab nebula and others

25. An evolved massive star (M > 4 Msun)

26. An evolved massive star (M > 4 Msun)

27. before after Supernova 1987A in a nearby galaxy is the nearest supernova observed in the last 400 years

28. Crab Nebula: Remnant of a supernova observed in 1054 A.D.

29. Pulsar (a kind if neutron star) at center of Crab nebula

30. Older Supernova Remnant