Chemical abundances and dust in the halo planetary nebula K648 IN M15: its origin and evolution based on an analysis of multiwavelength data

M Otsuka, S Hyung, A Tajitsu - The Astrophysical Journal …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
M Otsuka, S Hyung, A Tajitsu
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 2015iopscience.iop.org
We report on an investigation of the extremely metal-poor and C-rich planetary nebula (PN)
K648 in M15 using the UV to far-infrared data obtained using Subaru, the Hubble Space
Telescope, the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer, Spitzer, and Herschel. We determined
the nebular abundances of 10 elements. The enhancement of F ([F/H]=+ 0.96) is
comparable to that of the halo PN BoBn1. The central stellar abundances of seven elements
are determined. The stellar C/O ratio is similar to the nebular C/O ratios from recombination …
Abstract
We report on an investigation of the extremely metal-poor and C-rich planetary nebula (PN) K648 in M15 using the UV to far-infrared data obtained using Subaru, the Hubble Space Telescope, the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer, Spitzer, and Herschel. We determined the nebular abundances of 10 elements. The enhancement of F ([F/H]=+ 0.96) is comparable to that of the halo PN BoBn1. The central stellar abundances of seven elements are determined. The stellar C/O ratio is similar to the nebular C/O ratios from recombination lines and from collisionally excited lines (CELs) within error, and the stellar Ne/O ratio is also close to the nebular CEL Ne/O ratio. We found evidence of carbonaceous dust grains and molecules including Class B 6–9 and 11.3 μm polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and the broad 11 μm feature. The profiles of these bands are similar to those of the C-rich halo PNe H4-1 and BoBn1. Based on the theoretical model, we determined the physical conditions of the gas and dust and their masses, ie, 0.048 and 4.95× 10− 7
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