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Evolution and nucleosynthesis of primordial low mass stars

I. Picardi, A. Chieffi, M. Limongi, O. Pisanti, G. Miele, G. Mangano, O. Straniero, G. Imbriani

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0311580

Abstract

We discuss in detail the evolutionary properties of low mass stars M< 1 M(Solar) having metallicity lower than Z=10(-6) from the pre- main sequence up to (almost) the end of the Asymptotic Giant Branch phase. We also discuss the possibility that the large [C,N/Fe] observed on the surface of the most Iron poor star presently known, HE0107-5240, may be attributed to the autopollution induced by the penetration of the He convective shell into the H rich mantle during the He core flash of a low mass, very low metallicity star. On the basis of a quite detailed analysis, we conclude that the autopollution scenario cannot be responsible for the observed chemical composition of HE0107-5240.

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