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The impact of red giant mass loss on star cluster evolution

Jacco Th. van Loon, Iain McDonald

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0609445

Abstract

We discuss the importance for the long-term cluster evolution of the mass loss from intermediate-mass stars (0.8-8 Msun). We present constraints on the mass loss from red giants in clusters in the Magellanic Clouds, a search for the intra-cluster medium in galactic globular clusters, and a simple estimate for the cluster evolution due to red giant mass loss compared to stellar escape.

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