Astrophysical: Red giant branch

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    Spinning up the Surface: Evidence for Planetary Engulfment or Unexpected Angular Momentum Transport?

    In this paper, we report the potential detection of a nonmonotonic radial rotation profile in a low-mass lower-luminosity giant star. For most low- and...

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    The discovery of an anomalous RGB in M 2.

    Using UV images taken with the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo, we discovered an anomalous sequence in the color-magnitude diagram of M 2. This feature appears as...

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    The K2 Galactic Archaeology Program Data Release 2: Asteroseismic Results from Campaigns 4, 6, and 7

    Studies of Galactic structure and evolution have benefited enormously from Gaia kinematic information, though additional, intrinsic stellar parameters like age...