Mass loss of stars on the asymptotic giant branch: Mechanisms, models and measurements

S Höfner, H Olofsson - The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 2018 - Springer
As low-and intermediate-mass stars reach the asymptotic giant branch (AGB), they have
developed into intriguing and complex objects that are major players in the cosmic gas/dust …

Massive central galaxies of galaxy groups in the Romulus simulations: an overview of galaxy properties at z = 0

SL Jung, D Rennehan, V Saeedzadeh… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Contrary to many stereotypes about massive galaxies, observed brightest group galaxies
(BGGs) are diverse in their star formation rates, kinematic properties, and morphologies …

Mesa isochrones and stellar tracks (MIST). I. Solar-scaled models

J Choi, A Dotter, C Conroy, M Cantiello… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
This is the first of a series of papers presenting the Modules for Experiments in Stellar
Astrophysics (MESA) Isochrones and Stellar Tracks (MIST) project, a new comprehensive …

A new generation of PARSEC-COLIBRI stellar isochrones including the TP-AGB phase

P Marigo, L Girardi, A Bressan… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We introduce a new generation of PARSEC–COLIBRI stellar isochrones that includes a
detailed treatment of the thermally pulsing asymptotic giant branch (TP-AGB) phase …

Ultrafaint dwarfs in a Milky Way context: introducing the Mint condition DC Justice League simulations

E Applebaum, AM Brooks, CR Christensen… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We present results from the" Mint" resolution DC Justice League suite of Milky Way–like
zoom-in cosmological simulations, which extend our study of nearby galaxies down into the …

New models for the evolution of post-asymptotic giant branch stars and central stars of planetary nebulae

MMM Bertolami - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2016 - aanda.org
Context. The post-asymptotic giant branch (AGB) phase is arguably one of the least
understood phases of the evolution of low-and intermediate-mass stars. The two grids of …

The star formation histories of local group dwarf galaxies. I. Hubble space telescope/wide field planetary camera 2 observations

DR Weisz, AE Dolphin, ED Skillman… - The Astrophysical …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
We present uniformly measured star formation histories (SFHs) of 40 Local Group (LG) dwarf
galaxies based on color–magnitude diagram (CMD) analysis from archival Hubble Space …

The Romulus cosmological simulations: a physical approach to the formation, dynamics and accretion models of SMBHs

M Tremmel, M Karcher, F Governato… - Monthly Notices of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
We present a novel implementation of supermassive black hole (SMBH) formation,
dynamics and accretion in the massively parallel tree+ SPH code, ChaNGa. This approach …

Constraining the thermally pulsing asymptotic giant branch phase with resolved stellar populations in the Small Magellanic Cloud

G Pastorelli, P Marigo, L Girardi, Y Chen… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The thermally pulsing asymptotic giant branch (TP-AGB) experienced by low-and
intermediate-mass stars is one of the most uncertain phases of stellar evolution and the …

Making Galaxies In a Cosmological Context: the need for early stellar feedback

GS Stinson, C Brook, AV Macciò… - Monthly Notices of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Abstract We introduce the Making Galaxies In a Cosmological Context (MAGICC)
programme of smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations. We describe a parameter …