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室女星系团明亮行星状星云的膨胀速度和核心质量

Expansion velocities and core masses of bright planetary nebulae in the Virgo cluster

Magda Arnaboldi, Michelle Doherty, Ortwin Gerhard, Robin Ciardullo, J. Alfonso Aguerri, John J. Feldmeier, Kenneth C. Freeman, George H. Jacoby

摘要:

用欧洲南方天文台VLT上的FLAMES摄谱仪测量了室女星系团核心11个行星状星云(PNs)的视向速度和[OIII] 5007 AA膨胀速度。这些PN位于两个巨大椭圆形星系M87和M86之间的大约中间位置。根据[OIII] 5007 AA谱线轮廓宽度,11个PN样本的半最大膨胀速度的平均半宽为v_HWHM = 16.5 km/s(RMS=2.6 km/s)。我们使用与M87绑定的PN子样本来消除距离不确定性,并由此得到[OIII] 5007 AA光度来推导中心恒星质量。我们发现这些质量至少为0.6 M太阳,得到PN的可观测寿命t_PN < 2000 yrs,这意味着在室女星系团核心探测到的明亮PN是致密的高密度星云。最后,我们讨论了几个方案,解释这些明亮的M87晕PN的高中心恒星质量。

英文摘要:

The line-of-sight velocities and [OIII] 5007 AA expansion velocities are measured for 11 planetary nebulae (PNs) in the Virgo cluster core, at 15 Mpc distance, with the FLAMES spectrograph on the ESO VLT. These PNs are located about halfway between the two giant ellipticals M87 and M86. From the [OIII] 5007 AA line profile widths, the average half-width at half maximum expansion velocity for this sample of 11 PNs is v_HWHM = 16.5 km/s (RMS=2.6 km/s). We use the PN subsample bound to M87 to remove the distance uncertainties, and the resulting [OIII] 5007 AA luminosities to derive the central star masses. We find these masses to be at least 0.6 M_sun and obtain PN observable life times t_PN < 2000 yrs, which imply that the bright PNs detected in the Virgo cluster core are compact, high density nebulae. We finally discuss several scenarios for explaining the high central star masses in these bright M87 halo PNs.

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