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Revealing infrared populations of nearby galaxies using the Spitzer Space Telescope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2010

Mikako Matsuura
Mikako Matsuura*
Affiliation:
UCL-Institute of Origins, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom email: mikako@star.ucl.ac.uk UCL-Institute of Origins, Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6NT, United Kingdom
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Abstract

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Due to their brightness in infrared, asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars are in important evolutionary stage to be understood at this wavelength. In particular, in next decades, when the infrared optimised telescopes, such as the JWST and the ELT are in operation, it will be essential to include the AGB phase more precisely into the population synthesis models. However, the AGB phase is still one of the remaining major problems in the stellar evolution. This is because the AGB stellar evolution is strongly affected by the mass-loss process from the stars. It is important to describe mass loss more accurately so as to incorporate it into stellar evolutionary models. Recent observations using the Spitzer Space Telescope (SST) enabled us to make a significant progress in understanding the mass loss from AGB stars. Moreover, the SST large surveys contributed to our understanding of the role of AGB stars in chemical enrichment process in galaxies. Here we present the summary of our recent progress.

Keywords

galaxies: evolution(galaxies:) Magellanic Cloudsgalaxies: ISMstars: AGB and post-AGBstars: carbonstars: mass loss(stars:) supernovae: generalstars: Wolf-Rayet
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 5 , Symposium S262: Stellar Populations – Planning for the Next Decade , August 2009 , pp. 111 - 114
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2010

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