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The Formation of Red Giants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

Cheryl Frost  and
John C. Lattanzio
Cheryl Frost
Affiliation:
Mathematics Department, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3168
John C. Lattanzio
Affiliation:
Mathematics Department, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3168
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Abstract

The astrophysical literature contains many discussions on exactly which changes in a star’s structure are responsible for the extremely large radii found after core hydrogen exhaustion. Different authors favour different mechanisms. Unfortunately none of the proposals are easily verified nor are they easily disproven. In this paper we examine the suggestion that it is the increased central mass concentration (i.e., the growth of the hydrogen exhausted core) which is the primary agent responsible for envelope growth.

Type
Galactic and Stellar
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , 1992 , pp. 125 - 127
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1992

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