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)...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

candidate for a Thorne–Żytkow object, but it is now thought to be an asymptotic giant branch star. HV 2112 was first reported as a variable star in 1908, by...

whose mantle had been eroded by the host star's wind during its asymptotic giant branch phase. Magnetic fields in white dwarfs with a strength at the surface...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

an evolved companion that had likely already passed through the asymptotic giant branch stage. List of supernova remnants List of supernovae Supernova...

ring. The progenitor star ejected the ring when it was in the asymptotic giant branch, before it had become a planetary nebula. Soon afterward the star...

the helium flash). In higher mass stars, which evolve along the asymptotic giant branch, carbon and oxygen accumulate in the core as helium is burned,...

intrinsic S-type stars are on the most luminous portion of the asymptotic giant branch, a stage of their lives lasting less than a million years. Many...