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The effects of surface fossil magnetic fields on massive star evolution: IV. Grids of models at Solar, LMC, and SMC metallicities (2022)
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Keszthelyi, Z., de Koter, A., Götberg, Y., Meynet, G., Brands, S. A., Petit, V., …ud-Doula, A. (2022). The effects of surface fossil magnetic fields on massive star evolution: IV. Grids of models at Solar, LMC, and SMC metallicities. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 517(2), 2028 - 2055. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac2598

Magnetic fields can drastically change predictions of evolutionary models of massive stars via mass-loss quenching, magnetic braking, and efficient angular momentum transport, which we aim to quantify in this work. We use the MESA software instrument... Read More about The effects of surface fossil magnetic fields on massive star evolution: IV. Grids of models at Solar, LMC, and SMC metallicities.

Very massive star winds as sources of the short-lived radioactive isotope Al-26 (2022)
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Hirschi. (2022). Very massive star winds as sources of the short-lived radioactive isotope Al-26. Astronomy & Astrophysics,

Context. The 26Al short-lived radioactive nuclide is the source of the observed galactic diffuse ?-ray emission at 1.8 MeV. While different sources of 26Al have been explored, such as asymptotic giant branch stars, massive stellar winds, and supernov... Read More about Very massive star winds as sources of the short-lived radioactive isotope Al-26.

Very massive star winds as sources of the short-lived radioactive isotope 26Al (2022)
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Martinet, S., Meynet, G., Nandal, D., Ekström, S., Georgy, C., Haemmerlé, L., …Dwarkadas, V. (2022). Very massive star winds as sources of the short-lived radioactive isotope 26Al. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 664, A181. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202243474

Context. The 26Al short-lived radioactive nuclide is the source of the observed galactic diffuse γ-ray emission at 1.8 MeV. While different sources of 26Al have been explored, such as asymptotic giant branch stars, massive stellar winds, and supernov... Read More about Very massive star winds as sources of the short-lived radioactive isotope 26Al.

Realistic 3D hydrodynamics simulations find significant turbulent entrainment in massive stars (2022)
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Rizzuti, F., Hirschi, R., Georgy, C., Arnett, W. D., Meakin, C., & Murphy, A. S. (2022). Realistic 3D hydrodynamics simulations find significant turbulent entrainment in massive stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 515(3), 4013-4019. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac1981

Our understanding of stellar structure and evolution coming from one-dimensional (1D) stellar models is limited by uncertainties related to multidimensional processes taking place in stellar interiors. 1D models, however, can now be tested and improv... Read More about Realistic 3D hydrodynamics simulations find significant turbulent entrainment in massive stars.

The impact of O-17 + alpha reaction rate uncertainties on the s-process in rotating massive stars (2022)
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Frost-Schenk, J., Adsley, P., Laird, A. M., Longland, R., Angus, C., Barton, C., …Setoodehnia, K. (2022). The impact of O-17 + alpha reaction rate uncertainties on the s-process in rotating massive stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 514(2), 2650 - 2657. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac1373

Massive stars are crucial to galactic chemical evolution for elements heavier than iron. Their contribution at early times in the evolution of the Universe, however, is unclear due to poorly constrained nuclear reaction rates. The competing 17O(a, ?)... Read More about The impact of O-17 + alpha reaction rate uncertainties on the s-process in rotating massive stars.

The p-process in exploding rotating massive stars (2022)
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Choplin, A., Goriely, S., Hirschi, R., Tominaga, N., & Meynet, G. (2022). The p-process in exploding rotating massive stars. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 661, Article A86. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202243331

Context. The p-process nucleosynthesis can explain proton-rich isotopes that are heavier than iron, which are observed in the Solar System, but discrepancies still persist (e.g. for the Mo and Ru p-isotopes), and some important questions concerning t... Read More about The p-process in exploding rotating massive stars.

Dynamics in a stellar convective layer and at its boundary: Comparison of five 3D hydrodynamics codes (2022)
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Andrassy, R., Higl, J., Mao, H., Mocak, M., Vlaykov, D. G., Arnett, W. D., …Woodward, P. (2022). Dynamics in a stellar convective layer and at its boundary: Comparison of five 3D hydrodynamics codes. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 659, Article ARTN A193. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202142557

Our ability to predict the structure and evolution of stars is in part limited by complex, 3D hydrodynamic processes such as convective boundary mixing. Hydrodynamic simulations help us understand the dynamics of stellar convection and convective bou... Read More about Dynamics in a stellar convective layer and at its boundary: Comparison of five 3D hydrodynamics codes.

Grids of stellar models with rotation VII: models from 0.8 to 300 M-circle dot at supersolar metallicity (Z=0.020) (2022)
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Yusof, N., Hirschi, R., Eggenberger, P., Ekström, S., Georgy, C., Sibony, Y., …Murphy, L. (2022). Grids of stellar models with rotation VII: models from 0.8 to 300 M-circle dot at supersolar metallicity (Z=0.020). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 511(2), 2814 - 2828. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac230

We present a grid of stellar models at supersolar metallicity (Z = 0.020) extending the previous grids of Geneva models at solar and sub-solar metallicities. A metallicity of Z = 0.020 was chosen to match that of the inner Galactic disc. A modest inc... Read More about Grids of stellar models with rotation VII: models from 0.8 to 300 M-circle dot at supersolar metallicity (Z=0.020).