Astrophysical: Nucleosynthesis

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    Rb-Rich Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars in the Magellanic Clouds
    We present high-resolution (R ~ 60,000) optical spectra of a carefully selected sample of heavily obscured and presumably massive O-rich asymptotic giant branch...
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    Rubidium abundances in solar metallicity stars
    Context. Rubidium is one of the few elements produced by the neutron capture s- and r-processes in almost equal proportions. Recently, a Rb deficiency ([Rb/Fe]...
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    Rubidium and zirconium abundances in massive Galactic asymptotic giant branch stars revisited
    Context. Luminous Galactic OH/IR stars have been identified as massive (>4-5 M⊙) asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars experiencing hot bottom burning and Li...
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    Rubidium and Zirconium Production in Massive AGB Stars
    A recent survey of a large sample of massive Galactic asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars shows that significant overabundances of rubidium (up to 100 times...
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    Rubidium, zirconium, and lithium production in intermediate-mass asymptotic giant branch stars
    Context. A recent survey of a large sample of Galactic intermediate-mass (>3 M&sun;) asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars shows that they exhibit large...
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    Rubidium-rich asymptotic giant branch stars in the Magellanic Clouds
    Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) stars are a principal source of gas and dust input into the interstellar medium, being an important driver of chemical evolution...
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    S-process nucleosynthesis in AGB models with the FST prescription for convection
    The chemical evolution of asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars depends greatly on the input physics (e.g., mass loss recipe, convective model). Variations in the...
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    Stellar black holes at the dawn of the Universe: cosmological implications
    The so called "dark ages" of the universe began about 400.000 years after the Big Bang as matter cooled down and space became filled with neutral hydrogen for...
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    Sulphur Abundance in Very Metal-poor Stars
    We have obtained high-resolution high signal-to-noise ratio spectra of the S I near-infrared doublet at 8694 Å in eight metal-poor stars with metallicities in...