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Before low-mass (M < 2.3 M) or intermediate-mass stars (2.3 < M/M < 8) on the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) die as white dwarfs, they; evolve quickly (within ~ 2 or 3 × 104 yr) through the planetary nebulae (PN) phase. Considerable progress in our understanding of this post-asymptotic giant-branch (PAGB) evolution has been made during the last years since consistent computations through the AGB, with thermal pulses and mass loss taken into account, became available (Schönberner, 1979, 1983; Kovetz and Harpaz, 1981; Iben 1984; Wood and Faulkner, 1986). It was found that the evolution of an AGB remnant depends very sensitively on the initial condition prevailing during its formation. By this very reason the somewhat approximative calculations of Paczynski (1971) failed to give a satisfactory explanation of the evolution of the central stars (CPN).
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Schönberner, D. (1988). Mass Loss and Post-Asymptotic Giant-Branch Evolution. In: Bianchi, L., Gilmozzi, R. (eds) Mass Outflows from Stars and Galactic Nuclei. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 142. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2941-8_10
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