AAO Colloquium.

WEDNESDAY, 14th June - 3:30pm, AAO Conference Room

Axisymmetric Outflows from post AGB Stars

Tim Gledhill

University of Hertfordshire, UK

The development of axisymmetry in the outflows of dust and gas during the AGB phase of stellar evolution leads to the bipolar morphologies observed in proro-planetary nebulae (PPNe) and planetary nebula (PNe). We use imaging polarimetry data from UKIRT to detect axisymmetric structure in the dusty envelopes of these objects and OH maser imaging with MERLIN to trace the gas.