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Evolution of Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars [PDF]
Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2005 ▪ Abstract The current status of modeling the evolution and nucleosynthesis of asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars is reviewed. The principles of AGB evolution have been investigated in recent years leading to improved and refined models, for example with regard to hot-bottom burning or the third dredge-up.
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Defining the Termination of the Asymptotic Giant Branch [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 2008 I suggest a theoretical quantitative definition for the termination of the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) phase and the beginning of the post-AGB phase. I suggest that the transition will be taken to occur when the ratio of the dynamical time scale to the the envelope thermal time scale, Q, reaches its maximum value. Time average values are used for the
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When do stars in 47 Tucanae lose their mass? [PDF]
, 2015 By examining the diffusion of young white dwarfs through the core of the globular cluster 47 Tucanae, we estimate the time when the progenitor star lost the bulk of its mass to become a white dwarf.
Antolini, Elisa +6 more
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Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2021 Among presolar grains, oxide ones are made of oxygen, aluminum, and a small fraction of magnesium, produced by the 26Al decay. The largest part of presolar oxide grains belong to the so-called group 1 and 2, which have been suggested to form in Red Giant
S. Palmerini +11 more
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A Population of Binaries in the Asymptotic Giant Branch of 47 Tucanae? [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 2006 We have used a set of archived Hubble Space Telescope/ACS images to probe the evolved populations of the globular cluster 47 Tucanae. We find an excess of Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) stars in the cluster core. We interpret this feature as the signature of an extra-population likely made by the progeny of massive stars originated by the evolution of ...
Michele Bellazzini +4 more
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THE INTERACTION OF ASYMPTOTIC GIANT BRANCH STARS WITH THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 2012 We study the hydrodynamical behavior of the gas expelled by moving Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars interacting with the ISM. Our models follow the wind modulations prescribed by stellar evolution calculations, and we cover a range of expected relative velocities (10 to 100 km/s), ISM densities (between 0.01 and 1 cm-3), and stellar progenitor masses (1 ...
Villaver Sobrino, Eva Gloria +2 more
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, 2010 The Na-O anticorrelation seen in almost all globular clusters ever studied using high-resolution spectroscopy is now generally explained by the primordial pollution from the first generation of the intermediate-mass asymptotic giant branch stars to the ...
Baines +22 more
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An empirical mass-loss law for Population II giants from the Spitzer-IRAC survey of Galactic globular clusters [PDF]
, 2014 The main aim of the present work is to derive an empirical mass-loss (ML) law for Population II stars in first and second ascent red giant branches.
Dalessandro, E. +6 more
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Impact of AGB Stars on the Chemical Evolution of Neutron-Capture Elements
Universe, 2022 In this review, we discuss the impact of s-process nucleosynthesis in asymptotic giant branch stars on the enrichment of heavy elements. We review the main steps made on this subject in the last 40 years and discuss the importance of modelling the ...
Gabriele Cescutti, Francesca Matteucci
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The Formation of Crystalline Dust in AGB Winds from Binary Induced Spiral Shocks
, 2007 As stars evolve along the Asymptotic Giant Branch, strong winds are driven from the outer envelope. These winds form a shell, which may ultimately become a planetary nebula.
Adam Frank +10 more
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