The impact of red giant mass loss on star cluster evolution
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We discuss the importance for the long-term cluster evolution of the mass loss from intermediate-mass stars (0.8-8 Msun). We present constraints on the mass loss from red giants in clusters in the Magellanic Clouds, a search for the intra-cluster medium in galactic globular clusters, and a simple estimate for the cluster evolution due to red giant mass loss compared to stellar escape.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0609445,
title = {The impact of red giant mass loss on star cluster evolution},
author = {Jacco Th. van Loon and Iain McDonald},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0609445},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
2 pages, 1 figure. In: "Mass loss from stars and the evolution of stellar clusters", a conference in honour of Henny Lamers, eds. A. de Koter, L. Smith and L.B.F.M. Waters, ASP Conf.Ser