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HR Diagram You Know the Size of the Star 1 Lecture 26 The Hertzsprung- Russell Diagram January 13b, 2014 2 Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram • Hertzsprung and Russell found a correlation between luminosity and spectral type (temperature) Hot, bright stars 10000 100 Sun Luminosity 1 (Solar units) 0.01 Cool, dim stars 0.0001 Main Sequence hot O B A F G K M cooler 3 4 • Most stars (~90%) are on the main sequence – The greater the temperature, the more luminous the star – M type stars are the most common. – O type stars are the least common. 5 Sizes of Stars • Size of star is related to the temperature and the luminosity by: Luminosity Temperature42 Radius LTR424 – If you know the position on HR diagram you know the size of the star. 6 A star is twice as luminous as the Sun and has twice the surface temperature. What is its radius relative to the Sun’s radius? A. Rstar/RSun = 4.0 B. Rstar/RSun = 2.8 C. Rstar/RSun = 0.5 D. Rstar/RSun = 0.35 7 A star is twice as luminous as the Sun and has twice the surface temperature. What is its radius relative to the Sun’s radius? LTRRLT44 2 4 4 4 4 RLTstarLTstar4 star star Sun RLT4 SunLTSun4 Sun Sun star 4 21 0.35 12 8 100 R 10 R 10000 Supergiants 100 1 R Sun Luminosity 1 Giants (Solar units) 0.01 Cool, dim stars White 0.0001 Dwarfs 0.1 R Main Sequence 0.01 R hotter O B A F G K M cooler Spectral Classification 9 • Supergiants -- cool, bright, red, large stars • Giants -- cool, bright red, less large stars • Main Sequence -- spans range from hot, bright stars to cool, dim stars. • White dwarfs -- hot, small, dim stars. • These classifications will give clues to stages in the evolution of stars. 10 Stars come in many sizes! 11 Sizes of Objects in our Universe Images from webisto.com/space 12 Sizes of Objects in our Universe 13 Sizes of Objects in our Universe 14 Sizes of Objects in our Universe 15 Sizes of Objects in our Universe 16 Masses of Stars • We cannot directly measure the mass of an isolated star. • If something is orbiting the star, can use the general form of Kepler’s Third Law 2 3 M1 M 2 P a • Luckily, 2/3 of all stars are binary stars, two stars that orbit one another 17 A binary star system consists of one star that is twice as massive as the other. They are 2.0 AU apart and have an orbit period of 0.50 y. What is the mass of the smaller star in terms of solar masses? A. 11 MSun B. 4 MSun C. 0.50 MSun D. 0.125 MSun 18 A binary star system consists of one star that is twice as massive as the other. They are 2.0 AU apart and have an orbit period of 0.50 y. What is the mass of the smaller star in terms of solar masses? 23 A. 11 MSun m2 m P a B. 4 M 3 Sun a3 2.0 AU C. 0.50 M mM2 2 11 Sun 3P 3 0.50 y D. 0.125 MSun 19 Mass-Luminosity Relation • True ONLY for Main Sequence stars • As the mass increases, the luminosity increases rapidly Luminosity Mass3 20 HR Diagram: Main sequence stars labeled by mass in units of solar masses. 21 Question How do the following properties differ with respect to the Sun for the listed main sequence types? What properties would not change for non-main sequence stars? O G M Temperature Mass Size Color Luminosity 22 Question How do the following properties differ with respect to the Sun for the listed main sequence types? What properties would not change for non-main sequence stars? O G M Temperature* Higher Same Lower Mass Higher Same Lower Size Larger Same Smaller Color* Blue White Red Luminosity Higher Same Red 23 Apparent Brightness • The brightness an object appears to have. • The further away the object, the dimmer it looks Luminosity Apparent Brightness d = distance 4d 2 24 Star A has a brightness of 1.0 μW/m2 and is known to be 4.0 ly away. Star B is 9.0 ly away and has a brightness of 3.0 μW/m2. How much more luminous is star B than star A? A. 240× B. 15× C. 6.8× D. 3.0× 25 Star A has a brightness of 1.0 μW/m2 and is known to be 4.0 ly away. Star B is 9.0 ly away and has a brightness of 3.0 μW/m2. How much more luminous is star B than star A? 2 A. 240× L LBBB4 d B B 22 B. 15× 44d LAAA d B 2 2 C. 6.8× L 9.0 ly 3.0 W/m B 15 2 2 D. 3.0× LA 4.0 ly 1.0 W/m 26 Spectroscopic Parallax • If luminosity and apparent brightness are known, distance can be determined. m M 5log d 5 • It can be difficult to accurately measure luminosity for one star – Use spectra to get spectral type and class • But, you can use a cluster of stars • Distance to the cluster can be determined by comparing the HR diagram of the cluster with a template HR diagram 27 Spectroscopic Parallax Observations Template 10000 100 1 0.01 0.0001 hot O B A F G K M cooler hot O B A F G K M cooler 28 Spectroscopic Parallax 10000 100 1 0.01 0.0001 hot O B A F G K M cooler Now the vertical axis is on an absolute scale. We can read off the luminosities of the stars, and from that, together with the apparent brightness, we can determine the distance to the stars. 29 The Distance Ladder • See Extending Our Reach on p. 484 • First rung: parallax • Second rung: spectroscopic parallax • Third rung: standard candles/inverse square law 30 The Distance Ladder We will be discussing the longer distance “rungs” of the ladder in subsequent lectures. Figure 26.12, Freedman and Kaufmann, 7th ed. Universe, © 2005 W. H. Freeman & Company .
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