The kinematics of the large western knot in the halo of the young planetary nebula NGC 6543
| Autor: | D. J. Harman, Myfanwy Bryce, D. L. Mitchell, Michael G. Richer, Matt Redman, J. Meaburn, José Alberto López, H. Riesgo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Physics
Nebula Red giant Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics Astrophysics Planetary nebula Spectral line law.invention Telescope Space and Planetary Science law Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Halo Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics Line (formation) Knot (mathematics) |
| Zdroj: | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 362:1286-1294 |
| ISSN: | 1365-2966 0035-8711 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09399.x |
| Popis: | A detailed analysis is presented of the dominant ionised knot in the halo of the planetary nebula NGC 6543. Observations were made at high spectral and spatial resolution of the [OIII] 5007 line using the Manchester echelle spectrometer combined with the 2.1-m San Pedro Martir Telescope. A 20-element multislit was stepped across the field to give almost complete spatial coverage of the knot and surrounding halo. The spectra reveal, for the first time, gas flows around the kinematically inert knot. The gas flows are found to have velocities comparable to the sound speed as gas is photo-evaporated off an ionised surface. No evidence is found of fast wind interaction with the knot and we find it likely that the fast wind is still contained in a pressure-driven bubble in the core of the nebula. This rules out the possibility of the knot having its origin in instabilities at the interface of the fast and AGB winds. We suggest that the knot is embedded in the slowly expanding Red Giant wind and that its surfaces are being continually photoionised by the central star. |
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