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原行星状星云是由双星形成的吗?长期径向速度研究的结果

Are Proto-Planetary Nebulae Shaped by a Binary? Results of a Long-Term Radial Velocity Study

Bruce J. Hrivnak, Wenxian Lu, Katrina Loewe Wefel, David Bohlender, S. C. Morris, Andrew W. Woodsworth, C. D. Scarfe

摘要:

行星状星云的形成是目前行星状星云研究中尚未解决的问题之一。已经提出了几种机制,其中大多数需要一个二进制伴侣。然而,在大多数PN中缺乏双星伴星的直接证据。我们已经解决了这个问题,通过获得精确的径向速度的七个明亮的原行星状星云(PPN),对象在过渡的渐近巨星分支到PN阶段的恒星演化。这些具有F-G光谱类型,并且与PN相比具有更多和更尖锐的谱线的优势,从而导致更好的精度。我们的观测是在1991-1995年和2007-2010年两个观测间隔中进行的,我们在分析中包括了一些额外的已发表和未发表的数据。只有一个PPN,IRAS 22272+5435,显示了一个长期的变化,可能暂时归因于一个伴星,P $>$ 22年,并从这个,限制二进制参数计算。还讨论了选择效应。这些结果对任何双星伴星可能的物理和轨道性质的范围设置了重大限制:它们的周期大于25年,或者是棕矮星或超矮星的质量。虽然不排除二元假设,但公平地说,这些结果并不支持它。

英文摘要:

The shaping of the nebula is currently one of the outstanding unsolved problems in planetary nebula (PN) research. Several mechanisms have been proposed, most of which require a binary companion. However, direct evidence for a binary companion is lacking in most PNs. We have addressed this problem by obtaining precise radial velocities of seven bright proto-planetary nebulae (PPNs), objects in transition from the asymptotic giant branch to the PN phases of stellar evolution. These have F-G spectral types and have the advantage over PNs of having more and sharper spectral lines, leading to better precision. Our observations were made in two observing intervals, 1991-1995 and 2007-2010, and we have included in our analysis some additional published and unpublished data. Only one of the PPNs, IRAS 22272+5435, shows a long-term variation that might tentatively be attributed to a binary companion, with P $>$ 22 years, and from this, limiting binary parameters are calculated. Selection effects are also discussed. These results set significant restrictions on the range of possible physical and orbital properties of any binary companions: they have periods greater than 25 years or masses of brown dwarfs or super-Jupiters. While not ruling out the binary hypothesis, it seems fair to say that these results do not support it.

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