About the Cool Evolved Star Newsletter

The Cool Evolved Stars Newsletter (CESN) is a monthly compilation of recently accepted publications in the field of cool evolved stars (red giant branch and asymptotic giant branch stars, red supergiant stars...).

This newsletter is not an article archive, we strongly advise you to put your articles on arXiv/astro-ph and insert the corresponding link in your submission (this can be done through DOI retrieval).

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The CESN is the official publication of the IAU Working Group 103 on Red Giants and Supergiants (Commission G3 Stellar Evolution, Division G Stars).

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July 2026 — #4

Dear Cool Evolved Stars people! (Or should we just call ourselves "Cool" people?)

many thanks to those having submitted abstracts and announcements, and you all for having signed up or somehow found this link - we’re trying to get the word out that we’ve got our scientific community’s newsletter again, but we need your help in being inclusive. Please tell others around you about it, and of course don’t forget to submit your own items. Feel free to interpret the announcements section with some liberty - we’ll try to give you space if appropriate.

Likewise, we are very open minded as to the scope of Cool Evolved Stars, but we faced an unusual dilemma this month, with a paper submitted on exoplanetary atmospheres. Clearly, this is too far removed from stars, but it would certainly have been interesting to some of us as it deals with atmospheric molecules. If that interests you, we’d encourage you to look it up on https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.16787 but also to subscribe to, read and submit to the AstroChemical Newsletter at https://acn.astrochem-tools.org/

Anyway, ten abstracts await you below to quench your scientific thirst, and three announcements: an invitation to contribute to a book, a conference and - junior colleagues pay attention - job openings!

With our very best wishes,
Jacco van Loon, Marie Van de Sande, Taïssa Danilovich, Miguel Montargès and the supporting team at Observatoire de Paris Meudon

June 2026 — #3

Dear cool evolved stars aficionados,

Welcome to the third edition of the Cool Evolved Stars Newsletter. Five interesting papers and one important announcement about ALMA2040, make sure to read until the end!

Our community is growing, please forward the newsletter to any colleagues interested in the lives of the cool evolved stars and ask them to subscribe on our website https://cesn.obspm.fr/

Thank you to everyone who submitted an article or an announcement. Submissions before the 25th of the month are included in the next newsletter. Submissions received between the 25th and the end of the month might be included in the next newsletter but could be delayed until the following month.

Best wishes from the CESN editorial team,
Marie Van de Sande, Taissa Danilovich, Miguel Montargès, Jacco van Loon

May 2026 — #2

Dear cool evolved star enthusiasts,

Welcome to the second edition of the Cool Evolved Stars Newsletter!

If you are reading this, hopefully it’s because you have already subscribed to CESN. If not, you can subscribed now on our website: https://cesn.obspm.fr. If you know of any colleagues who might be fans of cool evolved stars but have not yet seen this newsletter, please forward it to them and encourage them to sign up. The more the merrier!

As we settle into our regular schedule, we would also like to thank you everyone who submitted an article or an announcement. Remember, sending us an article or an announcement by the 25th of the month guarantees inclusion in the next newsletter. Submissions received between the 25th and the end of the month might be included in the next newsletter but could be delayed until the following month.

With those details out of the way, we hope you enjoy reading this month’s abstracts. And be sure to scroll down to our announcements to find out about upcoming conferences.

Best regards from the CESN editorial team
(Taïssa Danilovich, Miguel Montargès, Marie Van de Sande, Jacco van Loon)

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