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A combined study of thermohaline mixing and envelope overshooting with PARSEC: Calibration to NGC 6397 and M4
INAF Osservatorio Astron Trieste, Via Giambattista Tiepolo,11, Trieste, Italy.;SISSA, Via Bonomea 265, I-34136 Trieste, Italy..
SISSA, Via Bonomea 265, I-34136 Trieste, Italy..
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Theoretical Astrophysics. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Observational Astrophysics.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3881-6756
INAF Osservatorio Astron Trieste, Via Giambattista Tiepolo,11, Trieste, Italy..
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2025 (English)In: Astronomy and Astrophysics, ISSN 0004-6361, E-ISSN 1432-0746, Vol. 696, article id A136Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Thermohaline mixing is one of the main processes in low-mass red giant stars that affect the transport of chemicals and, thus, the surface abundances along the evolution. The interplay of thermohaline mixing with other processes, such as downward overshooting from the convective envelope, needs to be carefully investigated. This study aims to understand the combined effects of thermohaline mixing and envelope overshooting. After implementing the thermohaline mixing process in the PARSEC stellar evolutionary code, we computed tracks and isochrones (with the TRILEGAL code) and compared them with observational data. To constrain the efficiencies of both processes, we performed detailed modelling that is suitable for globular clusters NGC 6397 and M4. Our results indicate that an envelope overshooting efficiency parameter, Λe = 0.6, and a thermohaline efficiency parameter, αth = 50, are necessary to reproduce the red-giant-branch bump magnitudes and lithium abundances observed in these clusters. We find that both envelope overshooting and thermohaline mixing have a significant impact on the variation in 7Li abundances. Additionally, we also explore the effects of adopting solar-scaled or α-enhanced mixtures on our models. The 12C and the 12C/13C ratio are also effective indicators with which to probe extra mixing in red-giant-branch stars. However, their usefulness is currently limited by the lack of precise and accurate C-isotopes abundances.

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EDP Sciences, 2025. Vol. 696, article id A136
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stars: abundances, stars: evolution, stars: low-mass, stars: pre-main sequence
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Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-555384DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202451847ISI: 001463199500013Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105002391575OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-555384DiVA, id: diva2:1954873
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EU, Horizon 2020, 101008324Swedish National Space BoardAvailable from: 2025-04-28 Created: 2025-04-28 Last updated: 2025-04-28Bibliographically approved

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