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行星状星云中低电离节对的物理性质和激发

Low-ionization pairs of knots in planetary nebulae: physical properties and excitation

D. R. Goncalves, A. Mampaso, R. L. M. Corradi, C. Quireza

摘要:

我们获得了四个具有低电离纽结对的行星状星云(PNe)的光学长缝谱,它们是He 1-1,IC 2149,KjPn 8和NGC 7662。这些数据使我们能够导出的物理参数和激发的对结,以及那些较高的电离内部组件的星云,分别。我们的结果如下。1)结的电子温度在9500至14500 K的范围内,类似于较高电离边缘/壳层的温度。2)典型的节子密度为500至2000 cm^{-3}。3)内边缘/壳的经验密度高于结对的经验密度,高达10倍。理论预测,在与经验结果的差异,建议结应该比内部区域的密度,由至少10倍。4)如果我们假设至少90%的结的气体是中性的(可能由尘埃和分子组成),那么经验和理论的密度对比就可以调和。5)通过使用Raga等人(2008)适用于空间分辨PNe的激波模型和诊断图,我们认为在PNe的光电离外部区域中行进的高速激波结可以解释本文分析的结对的发射。

英文摘要:

We obtained optical long-slit spectra of four planetary nebulae (PNe) with low-ionization pair of knots, namely He 1-1, IC 2149, KjPn 8 and NGC 7662. These data allow us to derive the physical parameters and excitation of the pairs of knots, and those of higher ionization inner components of the nebulae, separately. Our results are as follows. 1) The electron temperatures of the knots are within the range 9500 to 14500 K, similar to the temperatures of the higher ionization rims/shells. 2) Typical knots' densities are 500 to 2000 cm^{-3}. 3) Empirical densities of the inner rims/shells are higher than those of the pairs of knots, by up to a factor of 10. Theoretical predictions, at variance with the empirical results, suggest that knots should be denser than the inner regions, by at least a factor of 10. 4) Empirical and theoretical density contrasts can be reconciled if we assume that at least 90% of the knots' gas is neutral (likely composed of dust and molecules). 5) By using Raga et al. (2008) shock modeling and diagnostic diagrams appropriated for spatially resolved PNe, we suggest that high-velocity shocked knots traveling in the photoionized outer regions of PNe can explain the emission of the pairs of knots analysed in this paper.

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