A new synthetic model for asymptotic giant branch stars

Izzard, R G; Tout, Christopher A; Karakas, Amanda; Pols, O.R.

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A new synthetic model for asymptotic giant branch stars

Date

2004

Authors

Izzard, R G

Tout, Christopher A

Karakas, Amanda

Pols, O.R.

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

We present a synthetic model for thermally pulsing asymptotic giant branch (TPAGB) evolution constructed by fitting expressions to full evolutionary models in the metallicity range 0.0001 ≤ Z ≤ 0.02. Our model includes parametrizations of third dredge