Diffuse X-ray Emissions from Dynamic Planetary Nebulae

Details Diffuse X-ray Emissions from Dynamic Planetary Nebulae Diffuse X-ray Emissions from Dynamic Planetary Nebulae

2010-06-14

arxiv.org/abs/1006.2595v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

13 pages, 8 figures, accepted by Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. Accepted 2010 June 2. Received 2010 May 28; in original form 2010 M

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We present theoretical results of a piecewise isothermal shock wind model devised for predicting the luminosity and surface brightness profile of diffuse X-ray emissions primarily from the inner shocked downstream wind zone of a planetary nebula (PN) surrounded by self-similar shocked dense shell and outer slow AGB wind envelope involving self-gravity and compare/fit our computational model results with available observations of a few grossly spherical X-ray emitting PNe. Matching shocked piecewise isothermal self-similar void (ISSV) solutions with self-gravity of Lou & Zhai (LZ) for the outer zone and a stationary isothermal fast tenuous wind with a reverse shock for the inner zone across an expanding contact discontinuity, we can consistently construct dynamic evolution models of PNe with diffuse X-ray emissions. On the basis of such a chosen dynamic wind interaction model, both X-ray luminosity and radial X-ray brightness profile are determined by three key parameters, namely the so-called X-ray parameter $X$, two radii $R_{rs}$ and $R_c$ of the reverse shock and the contact discontinuity. We find that morphologies of X-ray emissions would appear in the forms of either a central luminous sphere or a bright ring embedded within optically bright shells. In contrast to previous adiabatic models, the X-ray brightness peaks around the reverse shock, instead of the contact discontinuity surface just inside the outer shocked dense shell. Diffuse X-ray emissions of a few observed PNe appear to support this wind-wind dynamic interaction scenario.

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