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Effects of New Opacity on the Post-AGB Evolution

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Planetary Nebulae

Part of the book series: International Astronomical Union / Union Astronomique Internationale ((IAUS,volume 155))

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Using the OPAL opacity, we have calculated the post-AGB evolutions of low mass stars. It is newly found that optically thick wind occurs for M core > 0.55M ⊙and the evolutionary time scale is drastically shortened.

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  1. Department of Astronomy, Keio University, Yokohama, 223, Japan

    M. Kato

  2. Department of Earth Science and Astronomy, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 153, Japan

    I. Hachisu

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  1. Institut für Astronomie der Universität, Innsbruck, Austria

    Ronald Weinberger

  2. Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

    Agnes Acker

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Kato, M., Hachisu, I. (1993). Effects of New Opacity on the Post-AGB Evolution. In: Weinberger, R., Acker, A. (eds) Planetary Nebulae. International Astronomical Union / Union Astronomique Internationale, vol 155. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2088-3_166

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