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六个行星状星云的共空间紫外光HST/STIS谱:星云和恒星性质

Co-spatial UV-optical HST/STIS Spectra of Six Planetary Nebulae: Nebular and Stellar Properties

Timothy R. Miller, Richard B. C. Henry, Bruce Balick, Karen B. Kwitter, Reginald J. Dufour, Richard A. Shaw, Romano L. M. Corradi

摘要:

本文代表了一个项目的结论,该项目有两个主要目标:(1)调查行星状星云(PNe)在化学上均匀的程度;(2)提供每个PN的中心恒星属性的物理约束。我们完成了第一个目标,通过使用HST/STIS光谱来测量六个PN(IC 2165,IC 3568,NGC 2440,NGC 5315,NGC 5882和NGC 7662)中每个PN的许多空间区域中的七种元素的丰度。第二个目标是通过计算每个星云的光电离模型来实现的,使用我们观测到的发射线强度作为约束条件。我们的研究的主要发现是,星云的He,C,N,O,Ne,S和Ar的丰度是一致的化学均匀的图片为每个PN。此外,我们发现,通过实验三种不同的密度分布(常数,高斯,高斯与幂律),中央恒星的温度和光度的测定是只有轻微敏感的配置文件的选择。最后,后AGB演化模型预测的温度和光度在文献中被绘制随着从光电离模型分析推断的值,以产生初始和最终的质量估计每个中心恒星。

英文摘要:

This paper represents the conclusion of a project that had two main goals: (1) to investigate to what extent planetary nebulae (PNe) are chemically homogeneous; and (2) to provide physical constraints on the central star properties of each PN. We accomplished the first goal by using HST/STIS spectra to measure the abundances of seven elements in numerous spatial regions within each of six PN (IC 2165, IC 3568, NGC 2440, NGC 5315, NGC 5882, and NGC 7662). The second goal was achieved by computing a photoionization model of each nebula, using our observed emission line strengths as constraints. The major finding of our study is that the nebular abundances of He, C, N, O, Ne, S, and Ar are consistent with a chemically homogeneous picture for each PN. Additionally, we found through experimenting with three different density profiles (constant, Gaussian, and Gaussian with a power-law) that the determination of the central star's temperature and luminosity is only slightly sensitive to the profile choice. Lastly, post-AGB evolutionary model predictions of temperature and luminosity available in the literature were plotted along with the values inferred from the photoionization model analysis to yield initial and final mass estimates of each central star.

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