Hot Gas in the Eskimo Nebula: Shocked Fast Stellar Wind or Fast Collimated Outflows?

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It is commonly accepted that fast stellar winds and fast collimated outflows are responsible for the shaping of planetary nebulae (PNe). Both fast stellar winds and collimated outflows can produce shock-heated gas that emits diffuse X-rays; thus, X-ray observations of PNe can be used to gain insight into the formation and shaping of PNe. Few PNe, however, show detectable diffuse X-ray emission and in only two cases this can be attributed to fast collimated outflows. Our XMM-Newton observations of the Eskimo Nebula reveal diffuse X-ray emission that may originate from both its fast stellar wind and from its bipolar outflows. We request Chandra ACIS observations to resolve the X-ray emission from the Eskimo Nebula and to determine its origin.

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