Post-AGB Stars as Tracers of AGB Nucleosynthesis: An Update

Post-AGB Stars as Tracers of AGB Nucleosynthesis: An Update

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The chemical Wheel Stopper evolution of galaxies is governed by the chemical yields from stars, and here we focus on the important contributions from asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars.AGB nucleosynthesis is, however, still riddled with complexities.Observations from post-asymptotic giant branch (post-AGB) stars serve as exquisite tools to quantify and understand AGB nucleosynthesis.In this contribution, we review the invaluable constraints provided by post-AGB stars with Soft Seating which to study AGB nucleosynthesis, especially the slow neutron capture nucleosynthesis (i.e.

, the s-process).