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astro-ph2004
Rotation-induced mixing in red giant stars
A. Palacios, C. Charbonnel, S. Talon +1
Red giant stars, both in the field and in globular clusters, present abundance anomalies that can not be explained by standard stellar evolution models. Some of these peculiarities…
astro-ph2002
The nuclear processes responsible for the CNO synthesis
M. Arnould, L. Siess, S. Goriely
The abundances of the isotopes of the elements C, N and O are mainly affected by the cold CNO cycles in non-explosive stellar situations, or by the hot CNO chains that can develop…
astro-ph1998
The Swallowing of Planets by Giant Stars
Lionel Siess, Mario Livio
We present simulations of the accretion of a massive planet or brown dwarf by an AGB star. In our scenario, close planets will be engulfed by the star, spiral-in and be dissipated…