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Autori principali: Ekström, Sylvia, Georgy, Cyril
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Pubblicazione: 2025
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author Ekström, Sylvia
Georgy, Cyril
author_facet Ekström, Sylvia
Georgy, Cyril
contents Massive stars less massive than ~30 Msol evolve into a red supergiant after the main sequence. Given a standard IMF, this means about 80% of all single massive stars will experience this phase. RSGs are dominated by convection, with a radius that may extend up to thousands of solar radii. Their low temperature and gravity make them prone to lose large amounts of masses, either through a pulsationally-driven wind or through mass-loss outburst. RSGs are the progenitors of the most common core-collapse supernovae, the type II. In the present review, we give an overview of our theoretical understanding about this spectacular phase of massive stars evolution.
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spellingShingle Stellar evolution through the Red Supergiant phase
Ekström, Sylvia
Georgy, Cyril
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Massive stars less massive than ~30 Msol evolve into a red supergiant after the main sequence. Given a standard IMF, this means about 80% of all single massive stars will experience this phase. RSGs are dominated by convection, with a radius that may extend up to thousands of solar radii. Their low temperature and gravity make them prone to lose large amounts of masses, either through a pulsationally-driven wind or through mass-loss outburst. RSGs are the progenitors of the most common core-collapse supernovae, the type II. In the present review, we give an overview of our theoretical understanding about this spectacular phase of massive stars evolution.
title Stellar evolution through the Red Supergiant phase
topic Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.15960