Astrophysical Sciences
and Technology Colloquium
The mass loss of red
supergiants
Dr. Emma Beasor
NASA Hubble
Fellow
NOIRLab
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Abstract:
The mass loss rates of
red supergiants (RSGs) govern their evolution towards supernova and
dictate the appearance of the resulting explosion. There have been many
recent claims in the literature that stars with masses sun must
experience an extended period of enhanced mass loss before SN in which
the envelope is entirely lost. Here, Dr. Beasor will discuss Their
current understanding of RSG mass loss, including both theoretical and
empirical efforts, and the impact it may have on stellar
evolution.
Speaker Bio: Dr. Emma Beasor received her PhD from Liverpool John Moores University in 2019, under the supervision of Dr. Ben Davies. Currently, she is a NASA Hubble Fellow based at NSF's NOIRLab in Tucson, Arizona. Her research focuses on the evolution of cool supergiant stars, with the aim of constraining the progenitor-supernova connection.
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Audience:
All are welcome. Those
with interest in the topic.
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