The evolution of CNO elements in galaxies

D Romano - The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 2022 - Springer
After hydrogen and helium, oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen—hereinafter, the CNO elements—
are the most abundant species in the universe. They are observed in all kinds of …

Nitrogen enhancements 440 Myr after the big bang: supersolar N/O, a tidal disruption event, or a dense stellar cluster in GN-z11?

AJ Cameron, H Katz, MP Rey… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Recent observations of GN-z11 with JWST/NIRSpec revealed numerous oxygen, carbon,
nitrogen, and helium emission lines at z= 10.6. Using the measured line fluxes, we derive …

Grids of stellar models with rotation-VIII. Models from 1.7 to 500 M⊙ at metallicity Z= 10− 5

Y Sibony, KG Shepherd, N Yusof, R Hirschi… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
Context. Grids of stellar evolution models with rotation using the Geneva stellar evolution
code (GENEC) have been published for a wide range of metallicities. Aims. We introduce …

Modelling of the post-asymptotic giant branch phase as a tool to understand asymptotic giant branch evolution and nucleosynthesis

D Kamath, F Dell'Agli, P Ventura… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We study a sample of single Galactic post-asymptotic giant branch (post-AGB) stars with
known surface chemical composition. Gaia EDR3 and Gaia DR3 parallaxes have enabled …

The Pristine Inner Galaxy Survey (PIGS) VII: a discovery of the first inner Galaxy CEMP-r/s star

L Mashonkina, A Arentsen, DS Aguado… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Well-studied very metal-poor (VMP,[Fe/H]<− 2) stars in the inner Galaxy are few in number,
and they are of special interest because they are expected to be among the oldest stars in …

CHEMOUT: CHEMical complexity in star-forming regions of the OUTer Galaxy-III. Nitrogen isotopic ratios in the outer Galaxy

L Colzi, D Romano, F Fontani, VM Rivilla… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. Nitrogen isotopic ratios are a key tool for tracing Galactic stellar nucleosynthesis.
Aims. We present the first study of the 14 N/15 N abundance ratio in the outer regions of the …

Study of oxygen-rich post-AGB stars in the Milky Way as a means to explain the production of silicates among evolved stars

F Dell'Agli, S Tosi, D Kamath, P Ventura… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. The study of post-asymptotic giant branch (post-AGB) stars is a valuable tool in
improving our understanding of poorly known aspects of the evolution of the stars …

Nucleosynthetic yields of intermediate-mass primordial to extremely metal-poor stars

P Gil-Pons, CL Doherty, SW Campbell… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. Stellar models and nucleosynthetic yields of primordial to extremely metal-poor
(EMP) stars are crucial to interpret the surface abundances of the most metal-poor stars …

Nucleosynthesis, Mixing Processes, and Gas Pollution from AGB Stars

P Ventura, F Dell'Agli, M Tailo, M Castellani, E Marini… - Universe, 2022 - mdpi.com
We discuss the evolution of stars through the asymptotic giant branch, focusing on the
physical mechanisms potentially able to alter the surface chemical composition and on how …

Metal and dust evolution in ALMA REBELS galaxies: insights for future JWST observations

M Palla, I De Looze, M Relaño… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations revealed
the presence of significant amounts of dust in the first Gyr of Cosmic time. However, the …