Why Galaxies Care about Agb Stars (Iau S343): A Continuing Challenge Through Cosmic Time

ISBN-13: 9781108471527 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 582 str.

Franz Kerschbaum; Martin Groenewegen; Hans Olofsson

Opis

Spans research on AGB stars and their applications to the modelling of stellar populations and the chemical evolution of galaxies.

Spis treści

1. Stellar structure and evolution to, on and past the AGB; 2. New and future observational perspectives; 3. Nucleosynthesis, mixing, and rotation; 4. Pulsation, dynamical atmospheres, and dust formation; 5. Circumstellar envelopes of AGB stars and their progeny, planetary nebulae; 6. Binarity, planets, and disks; 7. AGB stars in the cosmic matter cycle; Resolved and unresolved AGB populations; 8. Galaxy evolution, including the first AGB stars; 9. Posters.