Dust from AGBs: relevant factors and modelling uncertainties

Abstract

The dust formation process in the winds of Asymptotic Giant Branch stars is discussed, based on full evolutionary models of stars with mass in the range $1$M${}_{\odot }\le$M$\le 8$M${}_{\odot }$, and metallicities $0.001<Z<0.008$. Dust grains are assumed to form in an isotropically expanding wind, by growth of pre--existing seed nuclei. Convection, for what concerns the treatment of convective borders and the efficiency of the schematization adopted, turns out to be the physical ingredient used to calculate the evolutionary sequences with the highest impact on the results obtained. Low--mass stars with M$\le 3$M${}_{\odot }$ produce carbon type dust with also traces of silicon carbide. The mass of solid carbon formed, fairly independently of metallicity, ranges from a few $10^{-4}$M${}_{\odot }$, for stars of initial mass $1-1.5$M${}_{\odot }$, to $\sim 10^{-2}$M${}_{\odot }$ for M$\sim 2-2.5$M${}_{\odot }$; the size of dust particles is in the range $0.1\mu$m$\le a_C\le 0.2\mu$m. On the contrary, the production of silicon carbide (SiC) depends on metallicity. For $10^{-3}\le Z\le 8\times 10^{-3}$ the size of SiC grains varies in the range $0.05\mu \mathrm{m}<{\mathrm{a}}_{\mathrm{SiC}}<0.1\mu$m, while the mass of SiC formed is $10^{-5}{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }<{\mathrm{M}}_{\mathrm{SiC}}<10^{-3}{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }$. Models of higher mass experience Hot Bottom Burning, which prevents the formation of carbon stars, and favours the formation of silicates and corundum. In this case the results scale with metallicity, owing to the larger silicon and aluminium contained in higher--Z models. At Z=$8\times 10^{-3}$ we find that the most massive stars produce dust masses $m_d\sim 0.01$M${}_{\odot }$, whereas models of smaller mass produce a dust mass ten times smaller. The main component of dust are silicates, although corundum is also formed, in not negligible quantities ($\sim 10-20\%$).

Paper accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Main Journal (2014 January 4)

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