WeBo 1: A Young Barium Star Surrounded by a Ring-Like Planetary Nebula

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2002-09-19

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0209418v1

Astron.J. 125 (2003) 260

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages, 3 figures; Accepted for January 2003 issue of Astronomical Journal

Scientific paper

10.1086/344809

WeBo 1 (PN G135.6+01.0), a previously unrecognized planetary nebula with a remarkable thin-ring morphology, was discovered serendipitously on Digitized Sky Survey images. The central star is found to be a late-type giant with overabundances of carbon and s-process elements. The giant is chromospherically active and photometrically variable, with a probable period of 4.7 days; this suggests that the star is spotted, and that 4.7 days is its rotation period. We propose a scenario in which one component of a binary system became an AGB star with a dense stellar wind enriched in C and s-process elements; a portion of the wind was accreted by the companion, contaminating its atmosphere and spinning up its rotation. The AGB star has now become a hot subdwarf, leaving the optical companion as a freshly contaminated barium star inside an ionized planetary nebula.

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