Mirror principle and the red-giant bump: the battle of entropy in low-mass stars

ABSTRACT The evolution of low-mass stars into red giants is still poorly understood. During this evolution the core of the star contracts and, simultaneously, the envelope expands – a process known as the ‘mirror’. Additionally, there is a short phase where the trend for increasing luminosity is rev...

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Veröffentlicht in:Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2020-03, Vol.492 (4), p.5940-5948
Hauptverfasser: Hekker, S, Angelou, G C, Elsworth, Y, Basu, S
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Sprache:eng
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