Prospects for Studies of Stellar Evolution and Stellar Death in the JWST Era
Michael J. Barlow

TL;DR
This paper discusses how upcoming infrared and submillimeter observatories like JWST, Herschel, and SOFIA will advance understanding of stellar evolution, dust production, and supernova contributions to galaxy evolution.
Contribution
It highlights the potential of JWST and other facilities to significantly improve observations of stellar death and dust formation in various stellar environments.
Findings
JWST will enable detailed study of dust emission from individual AGB stars and planetary nebulae.
Herschel and SOFIA will explore the far-IR to submillimeter spectral region for new dust features.
JWST will vastly increase the sample size of supernovae observed for dust formation.
Abstract
I review the prospects for studies of the advanced evolutionary stages of low-, intermediate- and high-mass stars by the JWST and concurrent facilities, with particular emphasis on how they may help elucidate the dominant contributors to the interstellar dust component of galaxies. Observations extending from the mid-infrared to the submillimeter can help quantify the heavy element and dust species inputs to galaxies from AGB stars. JWST's MIRI mid-infrared instrument will be so sensitive that observations of the dust emission from individual intergalactic AGB stars and planetary nebulae in the Virgo Cluster will be feasible. The Herschel Space Observatory will enable the last largely unexplored spectral region, the far-IR to the submillimeter, to be surveyed for new lines and dust features, while SOFIA will cover the wavelength gap between JWST and Herschel, a spectral region…
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