The asymptotic giant branch (AGB) is a region of the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram populated by evolved cool luminous stars. This is a period of stellar...

half of the horizontal branch, fusing helium into carbon in their cores via the triple-alpha process asymptotic-giant-branch (AGB) stars with a helium...

details of the various types of giant stars were not known. In 1968, the name asymptotic giant branch (AGB) was used for a branch of stars somewhat more luminous...

the red-giant branch. When hydrogen shell burning finishes, these stars move directly off the red-giant branch like a post-asymptotic-giant-branch (AGB)...

luminosities comparable to supergiants. Asymptotic-giant-branch (AGB) and post-AGB stars are highly evolved lower-mass red giants with luminosities that can be...

terms, stars undergoing such increases in luminosity are known as asymptotic giant branch stars (AGB). During this phase, the star can lose 50–70% of its...

place called the blue giant branch. Blue loops can occur for red supergiants, red-giant branch stars, or asymptotic giant branch stars. Some stars may...

shell burning on the asymptotic giant branch (AGB). On the AGB they become cooler and much more luminous. Stars on the horizontal branch all have very similar...

relatively low luminosity, around 1,000 L☉ when they are on the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) undergoing helium shell burning. Researchers now prefer to...

A post-AGB star (pAGB, abbreviation of post-asymptotic giant branch) is a type of luminous supergiant star of intermediate mass in a very late phase of...

increase in size and luminosity. This is the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) analogous to the red-giant branch but more luminous, with a hydrogen-burning...

the asymptotic giant branch (AGB). The RR Lyrae variable stars, usually with spectral types of A, lie across the middle of the horizontal branch. Horizontal-branch...

A superwind is an extremely dense wind emanating from asymptotic giant branch stars towards the end of their lives. Cosmic wind Solar wind Stellar wind...

reactions in nuclear astrophysics that occur in stars, particularly asymptotic giant branch stars. The s-process is responsible for the creation (nucleosynthesis)...

Asymptotic giant branch Hess diagram Red clump Stellar classification Müller, Oliver; Rejkuba, Marina; Jerjen, Helmut (2018). "Tip of the red giant branch...

higher mass loss on the red-giant branch produce smaller, less luminous stars at the tip of the asymptotic giant branch, perhaps only 2,000 times the...

sequence and before the helium flash Asymptotic giant branch, the stellar evolutionary stage after the horizontal branch This disambiguation page lists articles...

year), slow (v = 10 km/s) winds. These include red giants and supergiants, and asymptotic giant branch stars. These winds are understood to be driven by...

follows an evolutionary path called the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) that parallels the other described red-giant phase, but with a higher luminosity. The...

mass-loss rates of dust-enshrouded red supergiants and oxygen-rich Asymptotic Giant Branch stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 438 (1): 273–289. arXiv:astro-ph/0504379...

short-lived episode during a star's rapid evolution between the late asymptotic giant branch (LAGB)[a] phase and the subsequent planetary nebula (PN) phase...

radiation zone is called the tachocline. In red giant stars, and particularly during the asymptotic giant branch phase, the surface convection zone varies in...

occur periodically in asymptotic giant branch stars in a shell outside the core. This is late in the life of a star in its giant phase. The star has burnt...

A carbon star (C-type star) is typically an asymptotic giant branch star, a luminous red giant, whose atmosphere contains more carbon than oxygen. The...

rise to another English name, Ke. Beta Gruis is a red giant star on the asymptotic giant branch with an estimated mass of about 2.4 times that of the...

"Evolution of low- and intermediate-mass stars to the end of the asymptotic giant branch with mass loss". Astrophysical Journal. 413: 641. Bibcode:1993ApJ...

mid-mass stars (varying in size between 0.5-~8 solar masses). Evolved asymptotic giant branch stars expel their outer layers outwards due to strong stellar winds...

99% of these silicon carbide grains originate around carbon-rich asymptotic giant branch stars. Silicon carbide is commonly found around these stars, as...

"The Age-dependent Luminosities of the Red Giant Branch Bump, Asymptotic Giant Branch Bump, and Horizontal Branch Red Clump". The Astrophysical Journal. 511...

Christopher (2014). "HV2112, a Thorne-Zytkow object or a super asymptotic giant branch star". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 445 (published...