Astrophysics with presolar stardust

DD Clayton, LR Nittler - Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys., 2004 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Meteorites and interplanetary dust particles contain presolar stardust grains: solid
samples of stars that can be studied in the laboratory. The stellar origin of the grains is …

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 …

Astrophysics with extraterrestrial materials

LR Nittler, F Ciesla - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Extraterrestrial materials, including meteorites, interplanetary dust, and spacecraft-returned
asteroidal and cometary samples, provide a record of the starting materials and early …

Evolution, nucleosynthesis, and yields of low-mass asymptotic giant branch stars at different metallicities. II. The FRUITY database

S Cristallo, L Piersanti, O Straniero… - The Astrophysical …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
By using updated stellar low-mass stars models, we systematically investigate the
nucleosynthesis processes occurring in asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars. In this paper …

Galactic evolution of Sr, Y, and Zr: a multiplicity of nucleosynthetic processes

C Travaglio, R Gallino, E Arnone, J Cowan… - The Astrophysical …, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper we follow the Galactic enrichment of three easily observed light n-capture
elements: Sr, Y, and Zr. Input stellar yields have been first separated into their respective …

The evolution of isotope ratios in the Milky Way Galaxy

C Kobayashi, AI Karakas… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Isotope ratios have opened a new window into the study of the details of stellar evolution,
supernovae and galactic chemical evolution. We present the evolution of the isotope ratios …

The elemental abundances in bare planetary nebula central stars and the shell burning in AGB stars

K Werner, F Herwig - Publications of the Astronomical Society of …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
We review the observed properties of extremely hot, hydrogen‐deficient post–asymptotic
giant branch (AGB) stars of spectral type [WC] and PG1159. Their H deficiency is probably …

On variations of pre-supernova model properties

R Farmer, CE Fields, I Petermann… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We explore the variation in single-star 15–30${M} _ {\odot} $, nonrotating, solar metallicity,
pre-supernova MESA models that is due to changes in the number of isotopes in a fully …

s-process nucleosynthesis in asymptotic giant branch stars: A test for stellar evolution

M Lugaro, F Herwig, JC Lattanzio… - The astrophysical …, 2003 - iopscience.iop.org
We study the slow neutron capture process (s-process) in asymptotic giant branch (AGB)
stars using three different stellar evolutionary models computed for a 3 M☉, solar metallicity …

Presolar grains from novae

S Amari, X Gao, LR Nittler, E Zinner… - The Astrophysical …, 2001 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the discovery of five SiC grains and one graphite grain isolated from the
Murchison carbonaceous meteorite whose major-element isotopic compositions indicate an …