A Review of AGB Mass Loss Imaging Techniques

TL;DR

This review discusses various imaging techniques across the electromagnetic spectrum used to study mass loss in AGB stars, highlighting their importance in understanding stellar evolution.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of current imaging methods that offer the most significant constraints for modeling AGB star mass loss.

Findings

Different imaging techniques reveal diverse aspects of AGB mass loss.

Current methods significantly improve understanding of mass loss mechanisms.

The review identifies key techniques with the strongest constraints for models.

Abstract

Circumstellar imaging, across the electromagnetic spectrum, allows to derive fundamental diagnostics for the physics of mass loss in the AGB phase. I review the current status of the field, with particular emphasis on the techniques that provide the strongest constraints for mass loss modeling efforts.