Nucleosynthesis in stars and the chemical enrichment of galaxies

K Nomoto, C Kobayashi… - Annual Review of …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
After the Big Bang, production of heavy elements in the early Universe takes place starting
from the formation of the first stars, their evolution, and explosion. The first supernova …

Indirect techniques in nuclear astrophysics: a review

RE Tribble, CA Bertulani, M La Cognata… - Reports on Progress …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
In this review, we discuss the present status of three indirect techniques that are used to
determine reaction rates for stellar burning processes, asymptotic normalization coefficients …

The Dawes review 2: nucleosynthesis and stellar yields of low-and intermediate-mass single stars

AI Karakas, JC Lattanzio - Publications of the Astronomical Society of …, 2014 - cambridge.org
The chemical evolution of the Universe is governed by the chemical yields from stars, which
in turn are determined primarily by the initial stellar mass. Even stars as low as 0.9 M⊙ can …

Evolution, nucleosynthesis, and yields of AGB stars at different metallicities. III. Intermediate-mass models, revised low-mass models, and the ph-FRUITY interface

S Cristallo, O Straniero, L Piersanti… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a new set of models for intermediate-mass asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars
(4.0, 5.0, and 6.0 M⊙) at different metallicities (− 2.15≤[Fe/H]≤+ 0.15). This set integrates …

Evolution, nucleosynthesis, and yields of low-mass asymptotic giant branch stars at different metallicities. II. The FRUITY database

S Cristallo, L Piersanti, O Straniero… - The Astrophysical …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
By using updated stellar low-mass stars models, we systematically investigate the
nucleosynthesis processes occurring in asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars. In this paper …

The evolution of isotope ratios in the Milky Way Galaxy

C Kobayashi, AI Karakas… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Isotope ratios have opened a new window into the study of the details of stellar evolution,
supernovae and galactic chemical evolution. We present the evolution of the isotope ratios …

NuGrid stellar data set. I. Stellar yields from H to Bi for stars with metallicities Z= 0.02 and Z= 0.01

M Pignatari, F Herwig, R Hirschi… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We provide a set of stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis calculations that applies
established physics assumptions simultaneously to low-and intermediate-mass and massive …

Chemical equilibrium in AGB atmospheres: successes, failures, and prospects for small molecules, clusters, and condensates

M Agúndez, JI Martínez, PL de Andres… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
Chemical equilibrium has proven extremely useful for predicting the chemical composition of
AGB atmospheres. Here we use a recently developed code and an updated thermochemical …

Evolution and nucleosynthesis of asymptotic giant branch stellar models of low metallicity

CK Fishlock, AI Karakas, M Lugaro… - The Astrophysical …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
We present stellar evolutionary tracks and nucleosynthetic predictions for a grid of stellar
models of low-and intermediate-mass asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars at Z= 0.001 …

Non-standard s-process in massive rotating stars-Yields of 10–150 M⊙ models at Z= 10− 3

A Choplin, R Hirschi, G Meynet, S Ekström… - Astronomy & …, 2018 - aanda.org
Context. Recent studies show that rotation significantly affects the s-process in massive
stars. Aims. We provide tables of yields for non-rotating and rotating massive stars between …