On the mass-loss of PG1159 stars

Details On the mass-loss of PG1159 stars On the mass-loss of PG1159 stars

Feb 1998

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998a%26a...330.1041k&link_type=abstract

Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.330, p.1041-1046 (1998)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Stars: Individual: Ngc 7094, Ngc 246, Rx J2117.1+3412, K 1-16, Stars: Mass-Loss

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The winds of the four PG1159 stars NGC7094, NGC246, K1-16 and RXJ2117.1+3412 are investigated by means of non-LTE models for spherically expanding atmospheres. Based on the results of recent plane-parallel non-LTE analyses, several individual models with various mass-loss rates are calculated. Synthetic profiles of the C Iv resonance line are compared to high resolution, high quality HST and IUE UV spectra in order to determine mass-loss rates of the stars and terminal velocities of their winds. Complex model atoms of hydrogen, helium, carbon and oxygen are taken into account. In contrast to previous studies we find from the C Iv line at 1550 Angstroms exceedingly high mass-loss rates of -7.6<=log(dot {M}/[M_sunyr(-1) ])<=-6.9 which are, in case of K1-16, only two times smaller than the mass-loss rates of [WC]-PG1159 stars. From the comparison with theoretical predictions of line strength and terminal wind velocity it is most likely that the theory of radiation driven winds is appropriate for the PG1159 stars. The results are discussed in the light of the evolutionary sequence [WCL]->[WCE]->[WC]-PG1159->PG1159\= rightarrowWD, which is suggested for hydrogen deficient post-AGB stars. Similarities between the winds of PG1159 stars and the exceptional strong winds of [WC]-type stars lead to the assumption that the theory of radiation driven winds might also apply for [WCE] stars. Changes of ionization degrees, which might enhance the mass-loss by multi-scattering processes, are found in the atmospheres of [WCE] stars but not in the atmospheres of PG1159 stars. Partly based on observations made with NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, obtained from the data archive at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under NASA contract NAS 5-26555; Partly based on observations obtained with the IUE satellite from VILSPA, Spain, jointly operated by the NASA, ESA, and PPARC.

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