Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Nov 1991
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991a%26a...251..611r&link_type=abstract
Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 251, no. 2, Nov. 1991, p. 611-619. Research supported by ASTRON.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Hydrogen Recombinations, Planetary Nebulae, Radio Astronomy, Radio Emission, Radio Spectra, Brightness Distribution, Electron Density (Concentration), Electron Energy, Flux Density, Ionized Gases, Very Large Array (Vla)
Scientific paper
The planetary nebula NGC 7027 has been observed in the 76-alpha and 110-alpha radio recombination lines. An electron temperature of 14,500 +/-1000 K is found in most of the nebula. The observed H110-alpha and H76-alpha line to continuum ratios are in good agreement with a true electron density of n(e,true) = 6 x 10 exp 4/cu cm. The velocity structure of the line emission implies that the ionized gas in NGC 7027 is expanding anisotropically. A radially expanding prolate spheroidal shell model for the ionized gas distribution is found to be consistent both with the observed recombination line velocities and with the observed continuum brightness distribution. The relation between the outflowing ionized gas and the molecular cloud surrounding NGC 7027 is discussed.
Goss William Miller
Pottasch Stuart R.
Roelfsema Peter R.
Zijlstra Albert A.
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