Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-10-17
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.375:137-144,2007
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
accepted to MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.11267.x
We calculate the X-ray emission from both constant and time evolving shocked fast winds blown by the central stars of planetary nebulae (PNs) and compare with observations. Using spherically symmetric numerical simulations with radiative cooling, we calculate the flow structure, and the X-ray temperature and luminosity of the hot bubble formed by the shocked fast wind. We find that a constant fast wind gives results that are very close to those obtained from the self-similar solution. We show that in order for a fast shocked wind to explain the observed X-ray properties of PNs, rapid evolution of the wind is essential. More specifically, the mass loss rate of the fast wind should be high early on when the speed is ~300-700 km/s, and then it needs to drop drastically by the time the PN age reaches ~1000 yr. This implies that the central star has a very short pre-PN (post-AGB) phase.
Akashi Muhammad
Behar Ehud
Blondin John
Soker Noam
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