Are planetary nebulae derived from multiple evolutionary scenarios?

Details Are planetary nebulae derived from multiple evolutionary scenarios? Are planetary nebulae derived from multiple evolutionary scenarios?

2012-03-07

arxiv.org/abs/1203.1388v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxy Astrophysics

4 pages, 1 figure. To be published in Planetary Nebulae: an Eye to the Future, Proceedings of IAU Symposium 283, held in Puert

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Our understanding of planetary nebulae has been significantly enhanced as a result of several recent large surveys (Parker et al., these proceedings). These new discoveries suggest that the `PN phenomenon' is in fact more heterogeneous than previously envisaged. Even after the careful elimination of mimics from Galactic PN catalogues, there remains a surprising diversity in the population of PNe and especially their central stars. Indeed, several evolutionary scenarios are implicated in the formation of objects presently catalogued as PNe. We provide a summary of these evolutionary pathways and give examples of each. Eventually, a full census of local PNe can be used to confront both stellar evolution theory and population synthesis models.

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