White dwarfs are a class of stars with unique physical properties. They present many
challenging problems whose solution requires advanced theories of dense matter, state-of …

As they evolve, white dwarfs undergo major changes in surface composition, a phenomenon
known as spectral evolution. In particular, some stars enter the cooling sequence with …

“Astromaterial science” is defined as the study of materials in astronomical objects that are
qualitatively denser than materials on Earth. Astromaterials can have unique properties …

We present an updated release of the BaSTI (a Bag of Stellar Tracks and Isochrones) stellar
model and isochrone library for a solar-scaled heavy element distribution. The main input …

This is the second paper of a series devoted to presenting an updated release of the BaSTI
(a Bag of Stellar Tracks and Isochrones) stellar model and isochrone library. Following the …

It has been shown that the shape of the luminosity function of white dwarfs (WDLF) is a
powerful tool to check for the possible existence of DFSZ-axions, a proposed but not yet …

We explore the final fates of massive intermediate-mass stars by computing detailed stellar
models from the zero-age main sequence until near the end of the thermally pulsing phase …

We present new cooling models for carbon–oxygen white dwarfs (WDs) with both H-and He-
atmospheres, covering the whole relevant mass range, to extend our updated basti (a Bag of …

We review the lives, deaths and nucleosynthetic signatures of intermediate-mass stars in the
range≈ 6–12 M⊙, which form super-AGB stars near the end of their lives. The critical mass …

Recent work, based on data from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) UV Legacy Survey of
Galactic Globular Clusters (GCs), has revealed that all the analysed clusters host two groups …