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Thermal Pulses and Planetary Nebula Ejection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2017

P.R. Wood
Affiliation:
Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories, Private Bag, Weston Creek P.O., Canberra, ACT 2611, Australia
E. Vassiliadis
Affiliation:
Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories, Private Bag, Weston Creek P.O., Canberra, ACT 2611, Australia

Abstract

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Thermal pulses in AGB stars cause large luminosity variations at the stellar surface. The role of these luminosity variations in the production of planetary nebulae is discussed. Results of theoretical evolution calculations which include mass loss modulated by thermal pulses are presented.

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Type
IV. Planetary Nebulae Connection: Evolution from the AGB
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1993