Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986nascp2403a..18m&link_type=abstract
NASA Conf. Publ., NASA CP-2403, p. A 18
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Cosmic Dust, Planetary Nebulae, Spectrophotometry, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Carbon, Far Infrared Radiation, Magnesium Compounds
Scientific paper
Some carbon-rich planetary nebulae exhibit a strong broad emission feature beginning at Lambda which is approximately 24 microns and extending to Lambda greater than 30 microns. Thirty to 55 micron spectrophotometry of Ic 418 and NGC 6572, both of which have the strong broad emission feature, allow the wavelength dependence of the emissivity of the dust responsible for the feature to be defined. Comparison with laboratory spectra of candidate materials which are likely to condense in a carbon-rich environment suggests that the feature arises from MgS. The implications of such a strong feature arising from a relatively minor dust constituent are discussed. The environment in which MgS may be found is considered. It is speculated that MgS will be seen in objects with C/O ratios only slightly greater than one, but not in extremely carbon rich objects. In objects with much higher carbon abundances, the formation of CS consumes S so that insufficient MgS can form to exhibit the strong feature. These observations imply that the emergent far infrared spectrum of carbon-rich objects are very different depending on the abundance of the low temperature condensate MgS.
Moseley Harvey
Silverberg Robert F.
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