Models of planetary nebula spectral evolution

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Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars, Planetary Nebulae, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Models, Stellar Spectra, Color-Color Diagram, Far Infrared Radiation, Infrared Astronomy Satellite, Stellar Envelopes

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The paper presents initial results for models of the overall spectral evolution of planetary nebulae, with emphasis on the FIR emission of the remnant AGB dust shells. The models combine a stellar/nebular spectrum, either an approximate model assuming the nebula to be strongly ionization-bounded or a proper photoionization model, with a dust radiative transfer calculation. The model results are compared to the IRAS color-color diagram, and it is found that the Schoenberner (1982, 1983) 0.64 solar mass central star model evolves too slowly to match the observations. The first results indicate that a range of initial 10-micron dust optical depths from 5 to 20 plus a faster evolving central star gives a reasonable match to the IRAS colors. The predicted evolution of the 8 to 23 micron spectrum qualitatively resembles the available IRAS low-resolution spectrometer data.

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