The aim of the STARLAB project is to gain a better understanding of the key physical and chemical processes used in the evolution of these low to medium mass stars.

Though the majority of stars have relatively low masses, these play a fundamental role in the production of chemical elements heavier than iron. Via convective mixing mechanisms, the stars transport to the surface of their atmosphere heavy elements produced in their inner layers, before expelling them into the interstellar medium.

Such low to medium mass stars thus actively participate in the Galaxy's steady chemical enrichment, in turn influencing the nucleosynthesis and formation of stars - and their attendant planets. The aim of the STARLAB project is to gain a better understanding of the key physical and chemical processes used in the evolution of these low to medium mass stars.

The project is the result of a desire for collaboration between the ULB Faculty of Science's Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (under Alain Jorissen), that of the KULeuven and the Uccle Observatory.

End of the project: 15/03/2019

Dates
Created on August 29, 2018