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On the onset of dust formation in AGB stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 December 2019

David Gobrecht ,
Stefan T. Bromley ,
John M. C. Plane ,
Leen Decin  and
Sergio Cristallo
David Gobrecht
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, KU Leuven, B-3001, Leuven, Belgium email: [email protected]
Stefan T. Bromley
Affiliation:
Departament de Ciència de Materials i Química Física & Institut de Química Téorica i Computacional (IQTCUB), Universitat de Barcelona, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), E-08010 Barcelona, Spain
John M. C. Plane
Affiliation:
School of Chemistry, Leeds University, Box 515, GB-75120 Leeds, Great Britain
Leen Decin
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, KU Leuven, B-3001, Leuven, Belgium email: [email protected]
Sergio Cristallo
Affiliation:
INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico dAbruzzo, Via mentore maggini, I-64100 Teramo, Italy INFN - Sezione di Perugia, via A. Pascoli, I-06123, Perugia, Italy
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A promising candidate to initiate dust formation in oxygen-rich AGB stars is alumina (Al2O3) showing an emission feature around ∼13μm attributed to Al−O stretching and bending modes (Posch+99,Sloan+03). The counterpart to alumina in carbon-rich AGB atmospheres is the highly refractory silicon carbide (SiC) showing a characteristic feature around 11.3μm (Treffers74). Alumina and SiC grains are thought to represent the first condensates to emerge in AGB stellar atmospheres. We follow a bottom-up approach, starting with the smallest stoichiometric clusters (i.e. Al4O6, Si2C2), successively building up larger-sized clusters. We present new results of quantum-mechanical structure calculations of (Al2O3)n, n = 1−10 and (SiC)n clusters with n = 1−16, including potential energies, rotational constants, and structure-specific vibrational spectra. We demonstrate the energetic viability of homogeneous nucleation scenarios where monomers (Al2O3 and SiC) or dimers (Al4O6 and Si2C2) are successively added. We find significant differences between our quantum theory based results and nanoparticle properties derived from (classical) nucleation theory.

Keywords

dust formationmolecular clustersnucleationaluminasilicon carbideglobal optimisationbottom-upchemical-kinetics
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 14 , Symposium S343: Why Galaxies Care About AGB Stars: A Continuing Challenge through Cosmic Time , August 2018 , pp. 119 - 128
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© International Astronomical Union 2019 

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