The updated BaSTI stellar evolution models and isochrones: II. alpha-enhanced calculations

TL;DR

This paper presents an updated library of alpha-enhanced stellar evolution models and isochrones covering a wide range of metallicities, ages, and masses, incorporating recent physics updates and enabling detailed stellar population studies.

Contribution

It introduces a comprehensive set of alpha-enhanced stellar models and isochrones with improved physics and extensive parameter coverage, including asteroseismic properties, for the first time in the BaSTI library.

Findings

Models agree well with independent calculations and previous BaSTI release.

Isochrones accurately reproduce observed stellar populations.

Asteroseismic properties are consistent with theoretical expectations.

Abstract

This is the second paper of a series devoted to present an updated release of the BaSTI ( a Bag of Stellar Tracks and Isochrones) stellar model and isochrone library. Following the publication of the updated solar scaled library, here we present the library for a $\alpha-$enhanced heavy element distribution. These new alpha-enhanced models account for all improvements and updates in the reference solar metal distribution and physics inputs, as in the new solar scaled library. The models cover a mass range between 0.1 and $15~M_{\odot}$, 18 metallicities between [Fe/H]=-3.20 and +0.06 with [alpha/Fe]=+0.4 , and a helium to metal enrichment ratio Delta{Y}\Delta{Z}=1.31. For each metallicity, He-enhanced stellar models are also provided. The isochrones cover (typically) an age range between 20Myr and 14.5Gyr, including consistently the pre-main sequence phase. Asteroseismic properties of the theoretical models have also been calculated. Models and isochrones have been compared with results from independent calculations, with the previous BaSTI release, and also with selected observations, to test the accuracy/reliability of these new calculations. All stellar evolution tracks, asteroseismic properties and isochrones are made publicly available at http://basti-iac.oa-teramo.inaf.it