Chemical compositions of RV tauri stars and related objects

We have undertaken a comprehensive abundance analysis for a sample of relatively unexplored RV Tauri and RV Tauri like stars to further our understanding of post-Asymptotic Giant Branch (post-AGB) evolution. From our study based on high resolution spectra and a grid of model atmospheres, we find indications of mild s-processing for V820 Cen and IRAS 06165+3158. On the other hand, SU Gem and BT Lac exhibit the effects of mild dust-gas winnowing. We have also compiled the existing abundance data on RV Tauri objects and find that a large fraction of them are afflicted by dust-gas winnowing and aided by the present work, we find a small group of two RV Tauris showing mild s-process enhancement in our Galaxy. With two out of three reported s-process enhanced objects belonging to RV Tauri spectroscopic class C, these intrinsically metal-poor objects appear to be promising candidates to analyse the possible s-processing in RV Tauri stars.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Sumangala Rao,S., Giridhar,Sunetra
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Astronomía 2014
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0185-11012014000100007
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