Name: Lee Anne Willson
Institution: Iowa State University

University of Washington
Astrolunch


Title: Planets in the Winds of Dying Stars


Abstract:
From models for mass loss from pulsating Mira variables we know quite a bit about the conditions that planets will encounter when their stars reach the end of the AGB and the final mass loss epoch. I will briefly review that theory, then present some calculations and some speculations about the fates of planets like those in our solar system and the possibility of detecting the presence of planets at that stage of stellar evolution.




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