Evolution and Nucleosynthesis of Zero‐Metal Intermediate‐Mass Stars
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- 20 June 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astrophysical Journal
- Vol. 554 (2) , 1159-1174
- https://doi.org/10.1086/321387
Abstract
New stellar models with masses ranging between 4 and 8 M☉, Z = 0, and Y = 0.23 are presented. The models have been evolved from the pre-main sequence up to the asymptotic giant branch (AGB). At variance with previous claims, we find that these updated stellar models do experience thermal pulses in the AGB phase. In particular, we show the following:Keywords
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