Star Clusters: Confirmation of Stellar Evolution Open and Globular Clusters Ages of Clusters
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IV. Star Clusters: Confirmation of Stellar Evolution
• Open and Globular Clusters• Ages of Clusters
Outline of Ch 11: The H-R Diagram (cont.)
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1. What is special about star clusters? All stars formed at same time, so plotting
clusters with different ages on H-R diagrams we can see how stars evolve
This confirms our theories of stellar evolution without having to wait billions of years observing how a single star evolves
Star Clusters: Confirmation of Stellar Evolution:
2. Two types of clusters: Open and Globular
3. Ages of Clusters
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Open cluster: A few thousand loosely packed stars
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Globular cluster: Up to a million stars in a dense ball bound together by gravity
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Two types of star clustersOpen clusters:
young, contain up to several thousand stars and are found in the disk of the galaxy.
Globular clusters: old, contain hundreds of thousands of stars, all closely packed together. They are found mainly in the halo of the galaxy.
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Our Galaxy
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Our Galaxy
Which part of our galaxy is older?
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How do we measure the age of a star cluster?
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Theoretical Evolution of a star cluster
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Massive blue stars die first, followed by white, yellow, orange, and red stars
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How do we know that this theoretical evolution is correct?
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How do we know that this theoretical evolution is correct?
We plot observations
of actual clusters on
the H-R diagram
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Young Stellar Cluster
H-R Diagram of Young
Stellar Cluster
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Young Stellar Cluster
H-R Diagram of Young
Stellar Cluster
How do we know this cluster is Young?
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Old Stellar Cluster
H-R Diagram of Old Stellar Cluster
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Old Stellar Cluster
H-R Diagram of Old Stellar Cluster
How do we know this cluster is Old?
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Pleiades cluster now has no stars with life expectancy less than around 100 million years
Main-sequenceturnoff
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Main-sequence turnoff point of a cluster tells us its age
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To determine accurate ages, we compare models of stellar evolution to the cluster data
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Detailed modeling of the oldest globular clusters reveals that they are about 13 billion years old (The universe is about 13.7billion years old)
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What have we learned? How do we measure the
age of a star cluster? Because all of a cluster’s
stars we born at the same time, we can measure a cluster’s age by finding the main sequence turnoff point on an H–R diagram of its stars. The cluster’s age is equal to the hydrogen-burning lifetime of the hottest, most luminous stars that remain on the main sequence.
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Question 1If the brightest main sequence star in cluster 1
is a B star and the brightest main sequence star in cluster 2 is an M star. What can we say about the age of these two clusters?
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Question 1If the brightest main sequence star in cluster 1
is a B star and the brightest main sequence star in cluster 2 is an M star. What can we say about the age of these two clusters?
A. Nothing, there is not enough informationB. Cluster 1 is older than cluster 2C. Cluster 2 is older than cluster 1D. None of the answers are correct
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Chapter 12. Star Stuff (mostly different from book)I. 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 stops1. 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
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Chapter 12. Star Stuff Part I Birth of Stars
I. Birth of Stars from Interstellar Clouds •Young stars near clouds of gas and dust
•Contraction and heating of clouds
• Hydrogen fusion stops collapse
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12.1 Star Birth
Our Goals for Learning• How do stars form?
• How massive are newborn stars?
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We are “star stuff” because the elements necessary for life were made in stars
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How do stars form?
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I. Birth of Stars and Interstellar Clouds•Young stars are always found near clouds of gas and dust
● The gas and dust between the stars is called the interstellar medium.•Stars are born in intesrtellar molecular clouds
consisting mostly of hydrogen molecules and dust
• Stars form in places where gravity can make a cloud collapse
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Infrared light from Orion
Orion Nebula is one of the closest star-forming clouds
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Summary of Star Birth• Stars are born in cold,
relatively dense molecular clouds.
• Gravity causes gas cloud to shrink
• Core of shrinking cloud collapses under gravity and heats up, it becomes a protostar surrounded by a spinning disk of gas.
• When core gets hot enough (10 million K), fusion of hydrogen begins and stops the shrinking
• New star achieves long-lasting state of balance (main sequence thermostat)
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Hubble Space
Telescope Image of an
edge-on protostar
and its jets
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Protostar to Main Sequence (in book)
Protostar contracts and heats until core temperature is sufficient for hydrogen fusion.
Contraction ends when energy released by hydrogen fusion balances the gravity
Takes less time for more massive stars to reach the Main Sequence (more massive stars evolve faster)
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I. Birth of Stars and Interstellar Clouds• Protostar in the H-R diagram
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I. Birth of Stars and Interstellar Clouds• Protostar in the H-R diagram
This is the track of a collapsing
and heating protostar but we do not see most of them because they are inside dense clouds of
gas and dust
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I. Birth of Stars and Interstellar Clouds• Protostar’s T-Tauri phase: a very active phase of
protostars that clears the gas and dust from the surrounding disk
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Question 2What happens after an interstellar cloud of gas
and dust is compressed and collapses?
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Question 2What happens after an interstellar cloud of gas
and dust is compressed and collapses?A. It will heat and contractB. If its core gets hot enough (10 million K) it
can produce energy through hydrogen fusion
C. It can produce main sequence stars D. All of the answers are correct
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Main Sequence ( Hydrogen Fusion)
Main sequence Thermostat : very stable phase
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How massive are newborn stars?
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A cluster of many stars can form out of a single cloud.
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Temperature
Lum
inos
ity•Very massive stars are rare•Low-mass stars are common.
•Minimum mass needed to become a star: 0.08 solar masses
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• 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.
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Equilibrium inside M.S. stars
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Question
What happens when a star can no longer fuse hydrogen to helium in its core?
A. Core cools offB. Core shrinks and heats upC. Core stays at same temperatureD. Helium fusion immediately begins
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Question
What happens when a star can no longer fuse hydrogen to helium in its core?
A. Core cools offB. Core shrinks and heats upC. Core stays at same temperatureD. Helium fusion immediately begins
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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 dwarf3.High mass Stars (M > 4 solar masses)Fusion of He,C,O,…..but not Fe (Iron) fusionFaster and faster Core collapses Supernova Blows up and produces all elements heavier than Fe
Ch. 12 Part II (not like book). Leaving the Main Sequence: Hydrogen fusion stops
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I. 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
Outline of Chapter 12 Part II Evolution and Death of Stars
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Remember: Stellar Masses
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Composition inside M.S. stars
Eventually the core
fills up with helium and hydrogen
fusion stops
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1. Low mass stars (M < 0.4 solar masses)Not enough mass to ever fuse any element heavier than Hydrogen white dwarf
Leaving the Main Sequence: Hydrogen fusion stops
White Dwarfs
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2. Intermediate mass stars (0.4 solar masses < M < 4 solar masses, including our Sun)He fusion, red giant, ejects outer layers white dwarf
I. Leaving the Main Sequence: Hydrogen fusion stops
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Helium fusion requires much higher temperatures than hydrogen fusion because larger charge leads to greater repulsion
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Stars like our Sun become Red Giants after they leave the M.S. and eventually White Dwarfs
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Most red giants stars eject their outer layers
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A star like our sun dies by puffing off its outer layers, creating a planetary nebula.
Only a white dwarf is left behind
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A star like our sun dies by puffing off its outer layers, creating a planetary nebula.
Only a white dwarf is left behind
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A star like our sun dies by puffing off its outer layers, creating a planetary nebula.
Only a white dwarf is left behind
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A star like our sun dies by puffing off its outer layers, creating a planetary nebula.
Only a white dwarf is left behind
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3.High mass Stars (M > 4 solar masses)Fusion of He,C,O,…..but not Fe (Iron) fusionFaster and faster Core collapses Supernova Produces all elements heavier than Fe and blows up• •
II. Leaving the Main Sequence: Hydrogen fusion stops
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3. High mass star (M > 4 solar masses)•Fusion of He,C,O,…..but not Fe (Iron) fusionFaster and faster Core collapses SupernovaProduces all elements heavier than Fe and blows envelope apart ejecting to interstellar space most of its mass• Supernova Remnants:Crab nebula and others
Supernovas
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An evolved massive star (M > 4 Msun)
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An evolved massive star (M > 4 Msun)
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Supernova 1987A in a nearby galaxy is the nearest supernova observed in the last 400 years
before after
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Crab Nebula: Remnant of a supernova observed in 1054 A.D.
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Pulsar (a kind if neutron star) at center of Crab nebula
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Older Supernova Remnant