Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-03-15
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 360 (2005) 104-118
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
17 pages, 13 figures
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09018.x
Echelle spectroscopy of H2, [FeII] and Br-gamma line emission from a very young planetary nebula, IRAS 21282+5050, and from four proto-planetary nebulae, IRAS 19343+2926 (M 1-92), IRAS 17150-3224 (AFGL 6815), IRAS 17423-1755 (Hen 3-1475), and IRAS 17441-2411 is presented. H2 line emission is detected in discrete shock fronts in the lobes of each nebula, regardless of source spectral type. In IRAS 17150-3224 we also uncover possible signs of rotation, as would be expected if the H2 features were excited in a magneto-centrifugal disk wind. [FeII] emission was detected in only one source, M 1-92. The H2 and [FeII] observations of M 1-92, and the complex H2 profiles in IRAS 21282+5050, are explained using the shock models of Smith and collaborators. J-type bow models are adequate in each case, i.e. a strongly-magnetised wind is not required. Finally, Br-gamma is detected in each of the five targets; in absorption in the G-type PPN though in emission in the O and B-type sources. Br-gamma emission is detected predominantly toward the near-IR continuum peak in each PPN. Low peak velocities, though very broad profile widths, are measured in each target. The emission must therefore derive from ionised regions in a fast wind very close to the central star, or, in the late-type sources, from absorption in an equatorial torus.
Davis Christopher J.
Gledhill Tim M.
Smith Masson D.
Varricatt Watson P.
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