LIMONGI, MarcoMarcoLIMONGIROBERTI, LORENZOLORENZOROBERTICHIEFFI, ALESSANDROALESSANDROCHIEFFINomoto, Ken’ichiKen’ichiNomoto2024-03-222024-03-2220240067-0049http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/35018According to a standard initial mass function, stars in the range 7-12 M ⊙ constitute ∼50% (by number) of the stars more massive than ∼7 M ⊙, but in spite of this, their evolutionary properties, and in particular their final fate, are still scarcely studied. In this paper, we present a detailed study of the evolutionary properties of solar metallicity nonrotating stars in the range 7-15 M ⊙, from the pre-main-sequence phase up to the presupernova stage or an advanced stage of the thermally pulsing phase, depending on the initial mass. We find that (1) the 7.00 M ⊙ star develops a degenerate CO core and evolves as a classical asymptotic giant branch (AGB) star in the sense that it does not ignite the C-burning reactions, (2) stars with initial mass M ≥ 9.22 M ⊙ end their lives as core-collapse supernovae, (3) stars in the range 7.50 ≤ M/M ⊙ ≤ 9.20 develop a degenerate ONeMg core and evolve through the thermally pulsing super-AGB phase, (4) stars in the mass range 7.50 ≤ M/M ⊙ ≤ 8.00 end their lives as hybrid CO/ONeMg or ONeMg WDs, and (5) stars with initial mass in the range 8.50 ≤ M/M ⊙ ≤ 9.20 may potentially explode as electron-capture supernovae.STAMPAenArticle10.3847/1538-4365/ad12c12-s2.0-85183657339https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4365/ad12c1https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85183657339FIS/05 - ASTRONOMIA E ASTROFISICA