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Evolution and Mixing on the Agb
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Abstract
It is now well known that Nature can make Carbon stars at lower luminosities than can (human) theorists. A number of workers, stimulated by this challenge, have been attracted to the problem. In this paper I review recent evolutionary models of relatively low mass AGB stars, with emphasis placed on the mixing of carbon to the stellar surface. In particular I discuss some recent improvements in the physics used to construct stellar models. These topics include: breathing pulses of the convective core found during core helium exhaustion; the effects of carbon recombination; the occurrence of semiconvection in the region between the two nuclear burning shells; and the importance of mass loss. Recent calculations have successfully produced models of low luminosity Carbon stars. The strengths and weaknesses of these models will be contrasted.
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- 3. Evolution of Peculiar Red Giant Stars
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- International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 106: Evolution of Peculiar Red Giant Stars , 1989 , pp. 161 - 175
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- Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989
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