DUST AND CHEMICAL ABUNDANCES OF THE SAGITTARIUS DWARF GALAXY PLANETARY NEBULA Hen2-436

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作者
Otsuka, Masaaki [1 ]
Meixner, Margaret [1 ,2 ]
Riebel, David [3 ]
Hyung, Siek [4 ]
Tajitsu, Akito [5 ]
Izumiura, Hideyuki [6 ]
机构
[1] Space Telescope Sci Inst, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
[2] Harvard Smithsonian Astrophys, Radio & Geoastron Div, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[3] Johns Hopkins Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
[4] Chungbuk Natl Univ, Sch Sci Educ Astron, Cheongju 361763, Chungbuk, South Korea
[5] Natl Inst Nat Sci, Natl Astron Observ Japan, Subaru Telescope, Hilo, HI 96720 USA
[6] Natl Inst Nat Sci, Natl Astron Observ Japan, Okayama Astrophys Observ, Kamogatacho, Okayama 7190232, Japan
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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL | 2011年 / 729卷 / 01期
关键词
dust; extinction; ISM: abundances; planetary nebulae: individual (Hen2-436); stars: AGB and post-AGB; ASYMPTOTIC GIANT BRANCH; OPTICAL RECOMBINATION LINES; INTERMEDIATE-MASS STARS; CARBON STARS; INFRARED SPECTROGRAPH; ELEMENTAL ABUNDANCES; FLUORINE ABUNDANCES; COLLISION STRENGTHS; SPHEROIDAL GALAXY; MAGELLANIC CLOUDS;
D O I
10.1088/0004-637X/729/1/39
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
We have estimated elemental abundances of the planetary nebula (PN) Hen2-436 in the Sagittarius (Sgr) spheroidal dwarf galaxy using ESO/VLT FORS2, Magellan/MMIRS, and Spitzer/IRS spectra. We have detected candidates of fluorine [F II] lambda 4790, krypton [Kr III] lambda 6826, and phosphorus [P II] lambda 7875 lines and successfully estimated the abundances of these elements ([F/H] = +1.23, [Kr/H] = +0.26, [P/H] = +0.26) for the first time. These elements are known to be synthesized by the neutron capture process in the He-rich intershell during the thermally pulsing asymptotic giant branch (AGB) phase. We present a relation between C, F, P, and Kr abundances among PNe and C-rich stars. The detections of these elements in Hen2-436 support the idea that F, P, Kr together with C are synthesized in the same layer and brought to the surface by the third dredge-up. We have detected N II and O II optical recombination lines (ORLs) and derived the N2+ and O2+ abundances. The discrepancy between the abundance derived from the oxygen ORL and that derived from the collisionally excited line is > 1 dex. To investigate the status of the central star of the PN, nebula condition, and dust properties, we construct a theoretical spectral energy distribution (SED) model to match the observed SED with Cloudy. By comparing the derived luminosity and temperature of the central star with theoretical evolutionary tracks, we conclude that the initial mass of the progenitor is likely to be similar to 1.5-2.0M(circle dot) and the age is similar to 3000 yr after the AGB phase. The observed elemental abundances of Hen2-436 can be explained by a theoretical nucleosynthesis model with a star of initial mass 2.25 M-circle dot, Z = 0.008, and LMC compositions. We have estimated the dust mass to be 2.9x10(-4) M-circle dot (amorphous carbon only) or 4.0x10(-4) M-circle dot (amorphous carbon and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon). Based on the assumption that most of the observed dust is formed during the last two thermal pulses and the dust-to-gas mass ratio is 5.58 x 10(-3), the dust mass-loss rate and the total mass-loss rate are < 3.1x10(-8) M-circle dot yr(-1) and < 5.5x10(-6) M-circle dot yr(-1), respectively. Our estimated dust mass-loss rate is comparable to a Sgr dwarf galaxy AGB star with similar metallicity and luminosity.
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