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20242026
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13 papers

astro-ph.SR2026

VLTI/PIONIER imaging of post-AGB binaries. An INSPIRING hunt for inner rim substructures in circumbinary discs

Toon De Prins, Akke Corporaal, Jacques Kluska +10

We image the detailed inner rim morphology for a sample of post-AGB circumbinary discs observed using NIR interferometry. At resolutions down to ~1-2 mas (corresponding to ~1-10 AU…

astro-ph.IM2026

Bridging stellar evolution and planet formation: from birth, to survivors of the fittest, to the second generation of planets

Akke Corporaal, Toon De Prins, Léa Planquart +10

Stars and planets form, live, and evolve in unison. Throughout the life of a star, dusty circumstellar discs and stellar outflows influence the further evolution of both the star(s…

astro-ph.EP2025

Second Generation Planet Formation in Post-AGB Discs: Testing the Role of Gravitational Instability

Ali Pourmand, Devika Kamath, Orsola De Marco +1

Post-asymptotic giant branch (post-AGB) binary stars are evolved systems that host circumbinary discs formed through mass loss during late stage binary interactions. Their structur…

astro-ph.SR2025

Using Binary Population Synthesis to Calculate the Yields of Low- and Intermediate-Mass Binary Populations at Low Metallicity

Zara Osborn, Amanda Karakas, Devika Kamath +3

Asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars are important to chemical evolution at metallicity () as they contribute significantly to the produc…

astro-ph.SR2025

Abundance Analysis of Chemically Depleted Post-AGB/Post-RGB Binaries with Faint Discs

Maksym Mohorian, Devika Kamath, Meghna Menon +4

Post-AGB and post-RGB binaries with stable circumbinary discs provide key insights into late stellar and disc evolution, revealing how binary interactions shape disc structure and…

astro-ph.SR2025

s-process Enriched Post-AGB Star J003643.94-723722.1 in the SMC with an Extreme C/O Ratio and the First Precise Detection of Lead

Meghna Menon, Devika Kamath, Maksym Mohorian +6

Post-asymptotic giant branch (post-AGB) stars are exquisite tracers of s-process nucleosynthesis via their surface abundances. We present a comprehensive analysis of J003643.947…