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环形星云NGC6888中CNO循环的轨迹

The Trace of the CNO Cycle in the Ring Nebula NGC6888

A. Mesa-Delgado, C. Esteban, J. García-Rojas, J. Reyes-Pérez, C. Morisset, F. Bresolin

摘要:

本文介绍了围绕WN 6(h)恒星WR 136的银河系环状星云NGC 6888的化学组成的新结果。这些数据是基于8.2米斯巴鲁望远镜的高色散光谱仪进行的深层光谱观测。光谱覆盖3700 - 7400 A的光学范围。CNO循环的影响是很好地确定在丰度的He,N和O,而不参与合成的元素,如Ar,S和Fe目前的价值与太阳附近和周围的气体。这项工作的主要成就是首次探测到沃尔夫-拉叶星云中微弱的CII 4267复合线。这允许估计的C丰度在NGC 6888,因此调查的痕迹,第一次在一个环形星云周围的沃尔夫-拉叶星的CNO周期。虽然探测到的CII线具有较低的信噪比,但C丰度似乎高于最近大质量恒星恒星演化模型的预测。Ne的丰度也呈现出一种令人困惑的模式,其丰度比太阳附近低约0.5dex,这可能与NeNa循环的作用有关。考虑到动力学时间尺度和星云He/H和N/O比值的限制,与恒星演化模型的比较表明,NGC 6888的恒星祖先的初始质量在25 ~ 40 Msun之间。

英文摘要:

We present new results on the chemical composition of the Galactic ring nebula NGC6888 surrounding the WN6(h) star WR136. The data are based on deep spectroscopical observations taken with the High Dispersion Spectrograph at the 8.2m Subaru Telescope. The spectra cover the optical range from 3700 to 7400 A. The effect of the CNO cycle is well identified in the abundances of He, N, and O, while elements not involved in the synthesis such as Ar, S, and Fe present values consistent with the solar vicinity and the ambient gas. The major achievement of this work is the first detection of the faint CII 4267 recombination line in a Wolf-Rayet nebula. This allows to estimate the C abundance in NGC6888 and therefore investigate for the first time the trace of the CNO cycle in a ring nebula around a Wolf-Rayet star. Although the detection of the CII line has a low signal-to-noise ratio, the C abundance seems to be higher than the predictions of recent stellar evolution models of massive stars. The Ne abundance also show a puzzling pattern with an abundance of about 0.5 dex lower than the solar vicinity, which may be related to the action of the NeNa cycle. Attending to the constraints imposed by the dynamical timescale and the He/H and N/O ratios of the nebula, the comparison with stellar evolution models indicates that the initial mass of the stellar progenitor of NGC6888 is between 25 Msun and 40 Msun.

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