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麦哲伦星云中行星状星云的氖和硫丰度

Neon and Sulfur Abundances of Planetary Nebulae in the Magellanic Clouds

J. Bernard-Salas, S. R. Pottasch, S. Gutenkunst, P. W. Morris, J. R. Houck

摘要:

本文给出了麦哲伦星云中25个行星状星云的氖和硫的化学丰度。这些丰度主要是利用斯皮策太空望远镜的红外数据得出的。这些元素的化学演变的影响进行了讨论。并与银河系PNE区、HII区和麦哲伦云HII区的丰度作了比较。大麦哲伦云和小麦哲伦云的氖平均丰度分别为6.0 × 10 ~(-5)和2.7 × 10 ~(-5)。这些是我们比较的银河系行星状星云平均丰度的1/3和1/6。LMC和SMC的平均硫丰度分别为2.7 × 10 ~(-6)和1.0 × 10 ~(-6)。Ne/S比值(23.5)平均高于银河系PNe(16)中的比值,但两个数据集中的大多数天体的数值范围相似。在PNe区和HII区发现的氖丰度彼此一致。样品中可能有少数(3-4个)PNe经历了一定程度的氖富集,但其中两个天体的高Ne/S比可以解释为它们的硫丰度非常低。本文中推导出的氖和硫的丰度也比较以前发表的丰度使用光学数据和光电离模型。

英文摘要:

The chemical abundances of neon and sulfur for 25 planetary nebulae (PNe) in the Magellanic Clouds are presented. These abundances have been derived using mainly infrared data from the Spitzer Space Telescope. The implications for the chemical evolution of these elements are discussed. A comparison with similarly obtained abundances of Galactic PNe and HII regions and Magellanic Clouds HII regions is also given. The average neon abundances are 6.0x10(-5) and 2.7x10(-5) for the PNe in the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds respectively. These are ~1/3 and 1/6 of the average abundances of Galactic planetary nebulae to which we compare. The average sulfur abundances for the LMC and SMC are respectively 2.7x10(-6) and 1.0x10(-6). The Ne/S ratio (23.5) is on average higher than the ratio found in Galactic PNe (16) but the range of values in both data sets is similar for most of the objects. The neon abundances found in PNe and HII regions agree with each other. It is possible that a few (3-4) of the PNe in the sample have experienced some neon enrichment, but for two of these objects the high Ne/S ratio can be explained by their very low sulfur abundances. The neon and sulfur abundances derived in this paper are also compared to previously published abundances using optical data and photo-ionization models.

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