Asteroseismology provides us with a unique opportunity to improve our understanding of
stellar structure and evolution. Recent developments, including the first systematic studies of …

Published data for large-amplitude asymptotic giant branch variables in the Large
Magellanic Cloud (LMC) are re-analysed to establish the constants for an infrared (K) period …

Context. It has been shown that convection in red supergiant stars (RSG) gives rise to large
granules that cause surface inhomogeneities and shock waves in the photosphere. The …

Context. Asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars are in one of the latest evolutionary stages of
low to intermediate-mass stars. Their vigorous mass loss has a significant effect on the …

Context. Asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars are one of the major sources of dust in the
universe. The formation of molecules and dust grains and their subsequent expulsion into …

Our current understanding of the chemistry and mass-loss processes in Sun-like stars at the
end of their evolution depends critically on the description of convection, pulsations and …

We present four model series of the codex dynamical opacity-sampling models of Mira
variables with solar abundances, designed to have parameters similar to o Cet, R Leo and R …

Cool objects glow in the infrared. The gas and solid-state species that escape the stellar
gravitational attraction of evolved late-type stars in the form of a stellar wind are cool, with …

Context. So far, surface magnetic fields have never been detected on Mira stars. Only
recently have the spectropolarimetric capabilities of measuring it via the Zeeman effect …

Context. Cool, evolved stars undergo copious mass loss but the detailed mechanisms and
the form in which the matter is returned to the ISM are still under debate. Aims. We …