Physical conditions in the planetary nebula Abell 30

Details Physical conditions in the planetary nebula Abell 30 Physical conditions in the planetary nebula Abell 30

2003-01-07

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0301119v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 340 (2003) 253

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

11 pages, no figures

Scientific paper

10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06289.x

We have analysed optical spectra of two of the hydrogen-deficient knots (J1 & J3) in the born-again planetary nebula Abell 30, together with UV spectra of knots J3 & J4. We determine electron temperatures in the knots based on several diagnostics. The [O III] nebular-to-auroral transition ratio yields temperatures of the order of 17 000 K. The weak temperature dependence of the ratios of helium lines at 4471, 5876 and 6678 Angstroms is used to derive a temperature of 8850 K for knot J3 and 4600 K for knot J1. Ratios of O II recombination lines, which directly measure the temperature in the coldest regions of the knots, are used to derive temperatures of 2500 K for knot J3, and just 500 K for knot J1. We calculate abundances both from collisionally excited lines and from the well-observed recombination spectra of C, N, O and Ne ions. The forbidden line abundances agree well with previous determinations, but the recombination line abundances are several hundred times higher. These results confirm the scenario proposed by Harrington and Feibelman (1984) in which the knots contain a cold core highly enriched in heavy elements. Forbidden lines are almost entirely emitted by the hot outer part of the knot, while recombination lines are emitted predominantly from the cold core. The C/O ratios we derive imply that the knots are oxygen-rich, contrary to theoretical predictions for born-again nebulae (Iben et al 1983).

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