Mass loss of stars on the asymptotic giant branch: Mechanisms, models and measurements

S Höfner, H Olofsson - The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 2018 - Springer
As low-and intermediate-mass stars reach the asymptotic giant branch (AGB), they have
developed into intriguing and complex objects that are major players in the cosmic gas/dust …

Presupernova evolution of massive single and binary stars

N Langer - Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Understanding massive stars is essential for a variety of branches of astronomy including
galaxy and star cluster evolution, nucleosynthesis and supernovae, pulsars, and black …

The Dawes review 2: nucleosynthesis and stellar yields of low-and intermediate-mass single stars

AI Karakas, JC Lattanzio - Publications of the Astronomical Society of …, 2014 - cambridge.org
The chemical evolution of the Universe is governed by the chemical yields from stars, which
in turn are determined primarily by the initial stellar mass. Even stars as low as 0.9 M⊙ can …

A dusty veil shading Betelgeuse during its Great Dimming

M Montargès, E Cannon, E Lagadec, A de Koter… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Red supergiants are the most common final evolutionary stage of stars that have initial
masses between 8 and 35 times that of the Sun. During this stage, which lasts roughly …

(Sub) stellar companions shape the winds of evolved stars

L Decin, M Montargès, AMS Richards, CA Gottlieb… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Binary interactions dominate the evolution of massive stars, but their role is less clear for low-
and intermediate-mass stars. The evolution of a spherical wind from an asymptotic giant …

Super and massive AGB stars – II. Nucleosynthesis and yields – Z = 0.02, 0.008 and 0.004

CL Doherty, P Gil-Pons, HHB Lau… - Monthly Notices of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
We have computed detailed evolution and nucleosynthesis models for super and massive
asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars over the mass range 6.5–9.0 M⊙ in divisions of 0.5 M⊙ …

Evolution and mass loss of cool aging stars: a daedalean story

L Decin - Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2021 - annualreviews.org
A multitude of phenomena—such as the chemical enrichment of the Universe, the mass
spectrum of planetary nebulae, white dwarfs and gravitational wave progenitors, the …

Unexpectedly large mass loss during the thermal pulse cycle of the red giant star R Sculptoris

M Maercker, S Mohamed, WHT Vlemmings… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
The asymptotic-giant-branch star R Sculptoris is surrounded by a detached shell of dust and
gas,. The shell originates from a thermal pulse during which the star underwent a brief …

A far-infrared survey of bow shocks and detached shells around AGB stars and red supergiants

NLJ Cox, F Kerschbaum, AJ van Marle, L Decin… - Astronomy & …, 2012 - aanda.org
Aims. Our goal is to study the different morphologies associated to the interaction of the
stellar winds of AGB stars and red supergiants with the interstellar medium (ISM) to follow …

ATOMIUM: ALMA tracing the origins of molecules in dust forming oxygen rich M-type stars-Motivation, sample, calibration, and initial results

CA Gottlieb, L Decin, AMS Richards… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
This overview paper presents ATOMIUM, a Large Programme in Cycle 6 with the Atacama
Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). The goal of ATOMIUM is to understand the …