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Spatio-kinematic modelling of Abell 65, a double-shelled planetary nebula with a binary central star
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Huckvale, L., Prouse, B., Jones, D., Lloyd, M., Pollacco, Don, Lopez, J. A., O'Brien, T. J., Sabin, L. and Vaytet, N. M. H. (2013) Spatio-kinematic modelling of Abell 65, a double-shelled planetary nebula with a binary central star. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 434 (Number 2). pp. 1505-1512. doi:10.1093/mnras/stt1109 ISSN 0035-8711.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1109
Abstract
We present the first detailed spatio-kinematical analysis and modelling of the planetary nebula Abell 65, which is known to host a post-common envelope, binary, central star system. As such, this object is of great interest in studying the link between nebular morphology and central star binarity. [O III]5007 Å and Hα+[N II]6584 Å longslit spectra and imagery of Abell 65 were obtained with the Manchester Échelle Spectrometer on the 2.1-m telescope at the San Pedro Martír Observatory (MES-SPM). Further [O III]5007 Å longslit spectra were obtained with the Ultraviolet and Visual Échelle Spectrograph on the Very Large Telescope (VLT-UVES). These data were used to develop a spatio-kinematical model for the [O III]5007 Å emission from Abell 65. A ‘best-fitting’ model was found by comparing synthetic spectra and images rendered from the model to the data. The model comprises an outer shell and an inner shell, with kinematical ages of 15000 ± 5000 yr kpc−1 and 8000 ± 3000 yr kpc−1, respectively. Both shells have peanut-shaped bipolar structures with symmetry axes at inclinations of (55 ± 10)° (to the line of sight) for the outer shell and (68 ± 10)° for the inner shell. The near alignment between the nebular shells and the binary orbital inclination [of (68 ± 2)°] is strongly indicative that the binary is responsible for shaping the nebula. Abell 65 is one of a growing number of planetary nebulae (seven to date, including Abell 65 itself) for which observations and modelling support the shaping influence of a central binary.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Physics | ||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | ||||||||||
Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||||||||
ISSN: | 0035-8711 | ||||||||||
Official Date: | 11 September 2013 | ||||||||||
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Volume: | Volume 434 | ||||||||||
Number: | Number 2 | ||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 1505-1512 | ||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1093/mnras/stt1109 | ||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||
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