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Title:
Asymptotic giant branch evolution and beyond
Authors:
Iben, I., Jr.; Renzini, A.
Affiliation:
AA(Illinois, University, Urbana, IL), AB(Osservatorio Astronomico, Bologna, Italy)
Publication:
IN: Annual review of astronomy and astrophysics. Volume 21 (A84-10851 01-90). Palo Alto, CA, Annual Reviews, Inc., 1983, p. 271-342. (Annual Reviews Homepage)
Publication Date:
00/1983
Category:
Astrophysics
Origin:
STI
NASA/STI Keywords:
ASYMPTOTIC GIANT BRANCH STARS, GIANT STARS, STELLAR EVOLUTION, STELLAR MASS EJECTION, SUPERNOVAE, WHITE DWARF STARS, ABUNDANCE, PULSED RADIATION, STAR CLUSTERS, STELLAR SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, THERMAL RADIATION
DOI:
10.1146/annurev.aa.21.090183.001415
Bibliographic Code:
1983ARA&A..21..271I

Abstract

A detailed review of progress in understanding the last stages of evolution of low and intermediate mass stars is presented. The thermal pulse phase of asymptotic giant branch (AGB) evolution is addressed first, and estimates and implications of noncatastrophic mass loss and ejection from AGB stars are reviewed. The concept of synthetic AGB evolution is presented and the algorithms that follow from this concept are used to review estimates of the ages of stellar aggregates that contain AGB stars. Evolution to the white dwarf state as well as the nature of type I 1/2 supernovae are discussed. Theoretical predictions are compared with observations, emphasizing predictions about the surface abundances given by 'canonical' stellar evolution versus abundances estimated from spectroscopic observations.

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