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		| Paper: | Population Synthesis Models with AGB Stars |  
		| Volume: | 374, From Stars to Galaxies: Building the Pieces to Build Up the Universe |  
		| Page: | 33 |  
		| Authors: | Marigo, P.; Girardi, L. |  
		| Abstract: | We present new synthetic stellar models for the thermally-pulsing asymptotic giant branch (TP-AGB) phase of low- and intermediate-mass stars. These models are particularly suitable for population synthesis studies, as they i) cover the whole mass range of interest (0.8 − 5.0M⊙), ii) span a wide range in metallicity (0.0001 ≤ Z ≤ 0.03), iii) include several important improvements in the adopted input physics (e.g.variable molecular opacities), and iv) are calibrated on basic observables so as to provide a realistic description of the contribution from AGB stars to both resolved and integrated properties of galaxies. |  
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