Discovery of Enhanced Germanium Abundances in Planetary Nebulae with FUSE

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2002-08-28

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0208516v1

Astrophys.J.578:L55-L58,2002

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

11 pages, 1 figure, accepted for publication in ApJ Letters

Scientific paper

10.1086/344473

We report the discovery of Ge III $\lambda$1088.46 in the planetary nebulae (PNe) SwSt 1, BD+30$^{\rm o}$3639, NGC 3132, and IC 4593, observed with the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer. This is the first astronomical detection of this line and the first measurement of Ge (Z = 32) in PNe. We estimate Ge abundances using S and Fe as reference elements, for a range of assumptions about gas-phase depletions. The results indicate that Ge, which is synthesized in the initial steps of the s-process and therefore can be self-enriched in PNe, is enhanced by factors of > 3-10. The strongest evidence for enrichment is seen for PNe with Wolf-Rayet central stars, which are likely to contain heavily processed material.

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