Intermediate-mass star models with different helium and metal contents

Abstract

We present a comprehensive theoretical investigation of the evolutionary properties of intermediate-mass stars. The evolutionary sequences were computed from the Zero Age Main Sequence up to the central He exhaustion and often up to the phases which precede the carbon ignition or to the reignition of the H-shell which marks the beginning of the thermal pulse phase. The evolutionary tracks were constructed by adopting a wide range of stellar masses ($3\le$\msun$\le 15$) and chemical compositions. In order to account for current uncertainties on the He to heavy elements enrichment ratio, the stellar models were computed by adopting at Z=0.02 two different He contents (Y=0.27, 0.289) and at Z=0.04 three different He contents (Y=0.29, 0.34, and 0.37). To supply a homogeneous evolutionary scenario which accounts for young Magellanic stellar systems the calculations were also extended toward lower metallicities (Z=0.004, Z=0.01), by adopting different initial He abundances. We evaluated for both solar (Z=0.02) and super-metal-rich (SMR, Z=0.04) models the transition mass $M^{up}$ between the stellar structures igniting carbon and those which develop a full electron degeneracy inside the CO core. This evolutionary scenario allows us to investigate in detail the properties of classical Cepheids. In particular, we find that the range of stellar masses which perform the blue loop during the central He-burning phase narrows when moving toward metal-rich and SMR structures.

25 pages, 10 figures (4 postscript + 6 gif files), 7 postscript tables. accepted for publication on ApJ (November 2000)

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