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the observed lack of red supergiant progenitors above roughly 17 solar masses for type II-P supernovae, despite stellar models predicting them.

In astrophysics, red supergiant problem refers to the observed lack of red supergiant progenitors above roughly 17 solar masses for type II-P supernovae, despite stellar models predicting them. This meaning comes from Smartt (2009) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.[1]

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Smartt, S. J., Eldridge, J. J., Crockett, R. M., & Maund, J. R. (2009). The death of massive stars - I. Observational constraints on the progenitors of Type II-P supernovae. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 395(3), 1409-1437. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.14506.x

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