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Imaging and spectroscopy of ejected common envelopes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

D. L. Pollacco
Affiliation:
1Isaac Newton Group, La Palma, Canary Islands
S. A. Bell
Affiliation:
2Royal Greenwich Observatory, Cambridge, UK

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Imaging and spectroscopy are presented for four planetary nebulae known to contain close binary central stars resulting from a recent phase of common envelope evolution. These objects are Abell 41, Abell 46, Abell 63 and Abell 65. Determinations of the nebula abundances show that He is significantly enhanced in all of the objects. These results are in agreement with theoretical expectations. Uncertainties in the nebular electron temperature constrain other abundances less well. The line fluxes indicate that N is unexpectedly under-abundant. This effect is probably not real and may be an artifact of electron temperature fluctuations within the nebulae.

Type
IV. Envelopes
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1997