Exploring the Divisions and Overlap between AGB and Super-AGB Stars and Supernovae
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We discuss the mass ranges over which we find AGB and super-AGB stars. The most massive super-AGB stars are candidate progenitors for type II core-collapse SNe. We discuss the two supernovae, SN1980K and SN2003gd that provide some restrictions on the upper mass limit of super-AGB stars.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0409583,
title = {Exploring the Divisions and Overlap between AGB and Super-AGB Stars and Supernovae},
author = {J. J. Eldridge and C. A. Tout},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0409583},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
6 pages, 2 figures for the proceedings of the 7th Torino Workshop on Nucleosynthesis in AGB stars