Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-03-07
Astrophys.J. 644 (2006) 1171-1182
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
38 pages, 8 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/503864
We present the spectral energy distribution (SED) of the pre-planetary nebula, IRAS 19475+3119 (I19475), from the optical to the far-infrared. We identify emission features due to crystalline silicates in the ISO SWS spectra of the star. We have fitted the SED of I19475 using a 1-D radiative transfer code, and find that a shell with inner and outer radii of 8.8X10^{16} and 4.4X10^{17}cm, and dust temperatures ranging from about 94K to 46K provide the best fit. The mass of this shell is greater than/equal to 1[34cm^{2}g^{-1}/kappa(100micron)][delta/200]M_Sun, where kappa(100micron) is the 100micron dust mass absorption coefficient (per unit dust mass), and delta is the gas-to-dust ratio. In agreement with results from optical imaging and millimeter-wave observations of CO emission of I19475, our model fits support an r^{-3} density law for its dust shell, with important implications for the interaction process between the fast collimated post-AGB winds and the dense AGB envelopes which results in the observed shapes of PPNs and PNs. We find that the observed JCMT flux at sub-millimeter wavelengths (850micron) is a factor ~ 2 larger than our model flux, suggesting the presence of large dust grains in the dust shell of I19475 which are not accounted for by our adopted standard MRN grain size distribution.
Sahai Raghvendra
Sarkar Geetanjali
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