J/A+A/318/256       Planetary nebulae properties (Gorny+ 1997)

Planetary nebulae morphologies, central star masses and nebular properties Gorny S.K., Stasinska G., Tylenda R. <Astron. Astrophys. 318, 256 (1997)> =1997A&A...318..256G 1997A&A...318..256G (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
ADC_Keywords: Planetary nebulae ; Abundances ; Morphology Keywords: planetary nebulae: general - stars: AGB and post-AGB - stars: fundamental parameters Description: We have constituted a sample of about 80 PN with defined morphologies and well observed basic parameters (fluxes, angular radii, expansion velocities and magnitudes of the central stars). For these PN, we have derived the central star masses by comparing the observed set of parameters with those predicted by a simple evolutionary model of a PN, expanding at the same velocity as the observed one . We have then examined the relations between the PN morphological types and other properties, linked to the central star mass. Bipolar PN are shown to have a wider distribution of central star masses than the rest of PN, and shifted towards higher values. They lie closer to the Galactic plane and tend to have larger N/O ratios. Point symmetric PN, which have not been much studied so far, are found to constitute an outstanding class. They show an almost perfect M*-vexp correlation. They correspond to a rather short evolutionary stage of PN. They lie, on average, further from the Galactic plane than bipolar PN and tend to have lower N/O. Globally, PN with higher central star masses are found closer to the Galactic plane, and the observed relation between N/O and M* is roughly consistent with the predictions from evolutionary models for AGB stars. File Summary: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FileName Lrecl Records Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ReadMe 80 . This file table1 103 76 Planetary nebulae properties and derived central stars masses, evolutionary ages and distances table3 79 98 Chemical abundances of planetary nebulae -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See also: J/A+A/327/736 : Planetary nebulae properties (Stasinska+ 1997) Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytes Format Units Label Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1- 10 A10 --- PNG PNG designation 14- 21 A8 --- Name Other Name 25- 26 A2 --- MType Morphological type (1) 28 A1 --- u_MType Uncertainty flag on morphological type 32- 35 F4.2 K log(THI) Logarithm of HI Zanstra temperature 38- 41 F4.2 solLum log(LHI) Logarithm of HI Zanstra luminosity 44- 48 F5.2 mag MagVis Absolute visual magnitude of the central star 51- 55 F5.2 pc log(Rad) Logarithm of nebular radius 58- 62 F5.2 mW/m2/sr log(SuBr) Logarithm of nebular surface brightness in H_beta 65- 69 F5.2 mW/m2/sr log(Sv) Logarithm of S_v parameter 72- 75 F4.1 kpc DistS Shklovsky distance 78 A1 --- l_Mass [>] Lower limit flag on central star's mass 79- 83 F5.3 solMass Mass Derived mass of the central star 86- 90 F5.3 solMass MassUp ? Upper limit to the central star's mass (where existing, individual cases only) 93- 96 F4.1 10+3yr Age ? Derived evolutionary age 99-102 F4.1 kpc Dist ? Derived distance -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note (1): Morphological type description: e, E, EH: elliptical nebulae B, BE: bipolar nebulae P, PE: point symmetric nebulae I: irregular nebulae -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytes Format Units Label Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1- 10 A10 --- PNG PNG designation 14- 25 A12 --- Name Name 29- 30 A2 --- MType Morphological type (1) 32 A1 --- u_MType Uncertainty flag on morphological type 35- 38 F4.2 --- a(N/H) Nitrogen abundance in respect to hydrogen log(N/H) + 12 41- 54 A14 --- r_a(N/H) References for N/H abundance (2) 57- 60 F4.2 --- a(O/H) Oxygen abundance in respect to hydrogen log(O/H) + 12 63- 76 A14 --- r_a(O/H) References for O/H abundance (2) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note (1): Morphological type description: e, E, EH: elliptical nebulae B, BE: bipolar nebulae P, PE: point symmetric nebulae I: irregular nebulae Note (2): This table is based on the references from Maciel & Koppen (1994A&A...282..436M 1994A&A...282..436M) with the following updates: ASHAW84 - Adams et al., 1984MNRAS.207..471A 1984MNRAS.207..471A CPT87 - Clegg et al., 1987MNRAS.224..761C 1987MNRAS.224..761C CCMF96 - Costa et al., 1996A&AS..116..249C 1996A&AS..116..249C CFM93 - Costa et al., 1993A&A...276..184C 1993A&A...276..184C CAK96 - Cuisinier et al., 1996A&A...307..215C 1996A&A...307..215C KB94 - Kingsburgh & Barlow, 1994MNRAS.271..257K 1994MNRAS.271..257K WBC93 - Walton et al., 1993IAUS..155..581W 1993IAUS..155..581W P91 - Perinotto, 1991ApJS...76..687P 1991ApJS...76..687P PRMG89 - Pena et al., 1989RMxAA..17...25P 1989RMxAA..17...25P PRTM90 - Pena et al., 1990A&A...237..454P 1990A&A...237..454P PTPD93 - Pena et al., 1993RMxAA..27..175P 1993RMxAA..27..175P R91 - Ratag, 1991, thesis, University of Groningen TP79 - Torres-Peimbert & Peimbert, 1979RMxAA...4..341T 1979RMxAA...4..341T --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(End) Patricia Bauer [CDS] 12-Aug-1996
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