Mixing Along the Red Giant Branch: Where Do We Stand?

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Sep 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005aspc..336..119c&link_type=abstract

Cosmic Abundances as Records of Stellar Evolution and Nucleosynthesis in honor of David L. Lambert, ASP Conference Series, Vol.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Low-mass stars (<2--2.5 M&sun;) exhibit, at all the stages of their evolution, signatures of processes that require challenging modeling beyond the standard stellar theory. In this paper we focus on their peculiarities while they climb the red giant branch (RGB). We first review canonical mixing along the RGB and compare the classical predictions of the so-called first dredge-up with observational data in various environments. We show how clear spectroscopic diagnostics probe the nucleosynthesis and the internal mixing mechanisms that drive RGB stars. Coherent data reveal in particular the existence of a nonstandard and shallow mixing process that changes their surface abundances at the so-called RGB bump. We discuss the current understanding of the connection between this extra-mixing and stellar rotation. Finally we discuss the so-called Li-flash, which is expected to occur at the very beginning of the extra-mixing episode.

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