Nucleosynthesis and Dust Production in AGB Stars: Open Issues and Future Perspectives

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue of Galaxies will gather contributions to the XIV Torino Workshop, which will be held in Rome 10–14 June 2024. The conference, https://indico.ict.inaf.it/event/2523/overview, along with the tradition of the previous editions of the Torino workshop, will be focused on the physics and nucleosynthesis of asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars and several related topics. The meeting will offer a valuable opportunity to discuss the state of the art of AGB, post-AGB and super AGB modeling, and the impact of current and future experimental efforts, above and below ground, to determine the rates of the relevant charged particle and neutron capture reactions, as well as the role of AGB stars in the chemical evolution of the Milky Way and other galaxies. The possibilities offered by the present and oncoming observational facilities (such as JWST, VLT, LAMOST, ELT, etc.), the study of dust formation in the wind of evolved stars and the meteoritic dust measurements, and hot topics in the field of theoretical and nuclear astrophysics will be also addressed. All the arguments mentioned above are extensively discussed in the literature, as witnessed by the high number of papers published on the individual topics addressed during the conference. However, to present and outline the synergy among the various research fields considered, it is of paramount importance to dedicate a Special Issue to the conference, as the workshop will offer the possibility of bringing together researchers from a variety of research fields, to address the current issues and discuss future directions via interdisciplinary approaches. These arguments will be presented in a series of oral presentations and poster sessions, and then published in the Special Issue of Galaxies.

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Dr. Paolo Ventura
Dr. Flavia Dell'Agli
Prof. Dr. Oscar Straniero
Guest Editors

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• AGB and post-AGB evolution
• dust production from AGB stars
• nucleosynthesis in the interiors of AGB stars