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The modelling of massive star evolution is a complex task, and is very sensitive to the way physical processes (such as convection, rotation, mass loss, etc.) are included in stellar evolution code. Moreover, the very high observed fraction…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-19 Cyril Georgy , Raphael Hirschi , Sylvia Ekström

Massive stars are the key engines of the Universe. However, their evolution and thus their ionizing feedback are still not fully understood. One of the largest gaps in current stellar evolution calculations is the lack of a model for the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-04 D. Pauli , N. Langer , A. Schootemeijer , P. Marchant , H. Jin , A. Ercolino , A. Picco , R. Willcox , H. Sana

We present analytic formulae that approximate the evolution of stars for a wide range of mass and metallicity. Stellar luminosity, radius and core mass are given as a function of age, M and Z, for all phases from the zero-age main-sequence…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-05 J. R. Hurley , O. R. Pols , C. A. Tout

Helium-burning stars, in particular Cepheids, are especially difficult to model, as the choice of free parameters can greatly impact the shape of the blue loops - the part of the evolutionary track at which instability strip is crossed.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-15 Oliwia Ziółkowska , Radosław Smolec , Anne Thoul , Eoin Farrell , Rajeev Singh Rathour , Vincent Hocdé

We investigate the integrated properties of massive (>10 Msun), rotating, single-star stellar populations for a variety of initial rotation rates (v/vcrit=0.0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.5, and 0.6). We couple the new MESA Isochrone and Stellar Tracks…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-12 Jieun Choi , Charlie Conroy , Nell Byler

We present a new version of the fast star cluster evolution code Evolve Me A Cluster of StarS (EMACSS). While previous versions of EMACSS reproduced clusters of single-mass stars, this version models clusters with an evolving stellar…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 Poul Alexander , Mark Gieles , Henny Lamers , Holger Baumgardt

We present the Dartmouth Stellar Evolution Emulator (DSEE), a flow-based stellar evolution model emulator trained on a comprehensive database comprising over eight million evolutionary tracks that vary across twenty input-physics dimensions…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-09 Jiaqi , Ying , Brian Chaboyer , Phillip A. Cargile , Wenxin Du , George Dufresne

We present a new stellar evolution code and a set of results, demonstrating its capability at calculating full evolutionary tracks for a wide range of masses and metallicities. The code is fast and efficient, and is capable of following…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Attay Kovetz , Ofer Yaron , Dina Prialnik

The common-envelope (CE) phase is an important stage in the evolution of binary stellar populations. The most common way to compute the change in orbital period during a CE is to relate the binding energy of the envelope of the Roche-lobe…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Andrew James Loveridge , Marc van der Sluys , Vassiliki Kalogera

Stellar evolution modelling is fundamental to many areas of astrophysics including stellar populations in both nearby and distant galaxies. It is heavily influenced by chemical composition. Observations of distant galaxies and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-01-29 Conor M Byrne , Jan J Eldridge , Elizabeth R Stanway

The evolution of massive stars is affected by a variety of physical processes including convection, rotation, mass loss and binary interaction. Because these processes modify the internal chemical abundance profiles in multiple ways…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-18 Eoin Farrell , Jose Groh , Georges Meynet , JJ Eldridge

We introduce version two of the fast star cluster evolution code Evolve Me A Cluster of StarS (EMACSS). The first version (Alexander & Gieles) assumed that cluster evolution is balanced for the majority of the life-cycle, meaning that the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-17 Mark Gieles , Poul Alexander , Henny Lamers , Holger Baumgardt

The $\beta$ Cephei stars represent an important class of massive star pulsators probing the evolution of B-type stars and the transition from main sequence to hydrogen-shell burning evolution. By understanding $\beta$ Cep stars, we gain…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-02 Hilding R. Neilson , Richard Ignace

Stellar structure and evolution theory is one of the basis in modern astronomy. Stellar inner structures and their evolutionary states can be precisely tested by asteroseismology, since the inner information is brought to the stellar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-27 Hui-Fang Xue , Jia-Shu Niu , Jian-Ning Fu

We present and discuss evolutionary synthesis models for massive stellar populations generated with the Starburst99 code in combination with a new set of stellar evolution models accounting for rotation. The new stellar evolution models…

So far, stellar population studies have mainly focused on the evolution of single and binary stars. Recent observations show that triple and higher order multiple star systems are common, especially among massive stars. Introducing…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-19 F. Kummer , S. Toonen , A. de Koter

Massive stars are important metal factories in the Universe. They have short and energetic lives, and many of them inevitably explode as a supernova and become a neutron star or black hole. In turn, the formation, evolution and explosive…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-26 Dominic M. Bowman

Interpreting galaxy properties from astronomical surveys relies heavily on spectral energy distribution (SED) modelling, yet uncertainties in key model ingredients are often overlooked. By leveraging a $z\sim0$ galaxy sample from the EAGLE…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-09-04 Gareth T. Jones , Conor M. Byrne , Elizabeth R. Stanway

We aim at addressing the questions related to galaxy mass assembly through major and minor wet merging processes in the redshift range 1<z<2. A consequent fraction of Milky Way like galaxies are thought to have undergone an unstable clumpy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 V. Perret , F. Renaud , B. Epinat , P. Amram , F. Bournaud , T. Contini , R. Teyssier , J. -C. Lambert

We have devised fitting formulae for evolution tracks of massive stars with $8 \lesssim M/M_\odot \lesssim 160$ under extreme metal poor (EMP) environments for $\log (Z/Z_\odot) = -2, -4, -5, -6$, and $-8$, where $M_\odot$ and $Z_\odot$ are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-05-27 Ataru Tanikawa , Takashi Yoshida , Tomoya Kinugawa , Koh Takahashi , Hideyuki Umeda