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行星状星云IC 4634中的多重旋进准直外流

Multiple and Precessing Collimated Outflows in the Planetary Nebula IC 4634

M. A. Guerrero, L. F. Miranda, A. Riera, P. F. Velazquez, L. Olguin, R. Vazquez, Y. -H. Chu, A. Raga, G. Benitez

摘要:

IC 4634的双S形状是典型的点对称行星状星云(PN)。在本文中,我们使用档案HST WFPC 2和地基窄带图像对这个PN进行了详细研究,以研究其形态,并通过长缝光谱观测来确定其运动学并推导出其物理条件和激发。这些数据揭示了新的结构成分,包括一个遥远的结串,分布在距离星云中心40”-60”的弧形特征上,一个增强的[O III]/H-alpha比率的皮肤包裹着内壳和双S特征,以及一个三壳结构。空间-运动学研究还发现主星云的赤道部分在运动学上独立于明亮的内部S形弧。我们详细研究了IC 4634中的弓形激波特征,发现它们的形态、运动学和发射特性与准直外流与周围物质的相互作用是一致的。事实上,这些功能中的一些形态和运动学可以解释使用的3D数值模拟的准直流出进动在一个温和的,随时间变化的速度。显然,IC 4634经历了几次不同方向的点对称喷射,外部S形特征与早期的点对称喷射有关,最外面的弧形结串是更早的点对称喷射的遗迹。有诱人的证据表明,这些准直流出的作用也参与了IC 4634的最内层和内部S形弧的成形。

英文摘要:

With its remarkable double-S shape, IC 4634 is an archetype of point-symmetric planetary nebulae (PN). In this paper, we present a detailed study of this PN using archival HST WFPC2 and ground-based narrow-band images to investigate its morphology, and long-slit spectroscopic observations to determine its kinematics and to derive its physical conditions and excitation. The data reveal new structural components, including a distant string of knots distributed along an arc-like feature 40"-60" from the center of the nebula, a skin of enhanced [O III]/H-alpha ratio enveloping the inner shell and the double-S feature, and a triple-shell structure. The spatio-kinematical study also finds an equatorial component of the main nebula that is kinematically independent from the bright inner S-shaped arc. We have investigated in detail the bow shock-like features in IC 4634 and found that their morphological, kinematical and emission properties are consistent with the interaction of a collimated outflow with surrounding material. Indeed, the morphology and kinematics of some of these features can be interpreted using a 3D numerical simulation of a collimated outflow precessing at a moderate, time-dependent velocity. Apparently, IC 4634 has experienced several episodes of point-symmetric ejections oriented at different directions with the outer S-shaped feature being related to an earlier point-symmetric ejection and the outermost arc-like string of knots being the relic of an even much earlier point-symmetric ejection. There is tantalizing evidence that the action of these collimated outflows has also taken part in the shaping of the innermost shell and inner S-shaped arc of IC 4634.

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