The fundamentals of outflows from evolved stars

Elvire de Beck , M. L. Boyer , V. Bujarrabal , L. Decin (1) , J. P. Fonfría , M. Groenewegen , S. Höfner (2) , O. Jones , T. Kamiński , M. Maercker , P. Marigo , M. Matsuura (3) , M. Meixner , G. Quintana Lacaci Martínez , P. Scicluna , R. Szczerba (4) , L. Velilla Prieto , W. Vlemmings , M. Wiedner

1 Instituut voor Sterrenkunde [Leuven]
2 MPS - Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung = Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
3 Department of Physics and Astronomy [UCL London]
4 FL - foreign laboratories

Chemical evolution of the ISM and galaxies depends critically on stellar mass loss. We describe current efforts and future needs and opportunities to characterize AGB outflows: driving mechanisms, outflow rates, underlying fundamental physical and chemical processes such as dust grain formation, and dependency of these on metallicity.

Domaines: Astrophysique galactique [astro-ph.GA]; Astrophysique stellaire et solaire [astro-ph.SR]

Elvire de Beck, M. L. Boyer, V. Bujarrabal, L. Decin, J. P. Fonfría, et al.. The fundamentals of outflows from evolved stars. 2019. ⟨hal-02389384⟩