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Planetary nebulae in M32 and the bulge of M31: Line intensities and oxygen abundances
We present spectroscopy of planetary nebulae in M32 and in the bulge of M31
that we obtained with the MOS spectrograph at the Canada-France-Hawaii
Telescope. Our sample includes 30 planetary nebulae in M31 and 9 planetary
nebulae in M32. We also observed one H II region in the disk of M31. We
detected [O III]4363 in 18 of the planetary nebulae, 4 in M32 and 14
in the bulge of M31. We use our line intensities to derive electron
temperatures and oxygen abundances for the planetary nebulae.Comment: 17 pages, 12 figures, accepted by Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement
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The Evidence for a Binary origin of the Young Planetary Nebula HB 12
The young planetary nebulae play an important role in stellar evolution when
intermediate- to low-mass stars (0.8 8 M) evolve from the
proto-planetary nebulae phase to the planetary nebulae phase. Many young
planetary nebulae display distinct bipolar structures as they evolve away from
the proto-planetary nebulae phase. One possible cause of their bipolarity could
be due to a binary origin of its energy source. Here we report our detailed
investigation of the young planetary nebula, Hubble 12, which is well-known for
its extended hourglass-like envelope. We present evidence with time-series
photometric observations the existence of an eclipsing binary at the center of
Hubble 12. Low-resolution spectra of the central source show, on the other
hand, absorption features such as CN, G-band & Mg b{\arcsec}, which can be
suggestive of a low-mass nature of the secondary component.Comment: 9 pages, 11 figures, Accepted for publication in A
New groups of planetary nebulae with peculiar dust chemistry towards the Galactic bulge
We investigate Galactic bulge planetary nebulae without emission-line central
stars for which peculiar infrared spectra have been obtained with the Spitzer
Space Telescope, including the simultaneous signs of oxygen and carbon based
dust. Three separate sub-groups can be defined characterized by the different
chemical composition of the dust and the presence of crystalline and amorphous
silicates.
We find that the classification based on the dust properties is reflected in
the more general properties of these planetary nebulae. However, some observed
properties are difficult to relate to the common view of planetary nebulae. In
particular, it is challenging to interpret the peculiar gas chemical
composition of many analyzed objects in the standard picture of the evolution
of planetary nebulae progenitors.
We confirm that the dual-dust chemistry phenomenon is not limited to
planetary nebulae with emission-line central stars.Comment: 17 pages, 13 figure
Searching for Binary Stars in Planetary Nebulae Using the ISIS Image Subtraction Software
We explored the theory that binary central stars of planetary nebulae may be contributing factor in the formation of planetary nebulae. We searched for this photometric variability in central stars of planetary nebulae because consistent periodic variability is indicative of a close binary system. The variability of our targets was assessed with the image subtraction software, ISIS. We found that the central stars of the planetary nebulae Hen 2-84, NGC 6326, and K 1-22 showed clear variability. A preliminary light curve for Hen 2-84 showed periodic behavior, suggesting a binary system. Of the remaining targets observed, with sufficient data, five did not appear to have substantial variability detected through ISIS and for 2 targets we were unable to determine true variability
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