Massive stars: stellar models and stellar yields, impact on Galactic Archaeology

TL;DR

This paper reviews how physical processes like convection, mass loss, and rotation in massive stars influence their stellar yields, which are crucial for understanding Galactic Archaeology.

Contribution

It highlights the importance of key physical processes in massive star models and suggests guidelines for future research on stellar yields.

Findings

Convection significantly affects stellar yields.

Mass loss by stellar winds alters chemical outputs.

Rotation impacts the evolution and yields of massive stars.

Abstract

The physics of massive stars depends (at least) on convection, mass loss by stellar winds, rotation, magnetic fields and multiplicity. We briefly discuss the impact of the first three processes on the stellar yields trying to identify some guidelines for future works.