Cylindrical Planetary Nebulae. I. Flow from an Irradiated Ring

Many bipolar nebulae with a pronounced cylindrical shape, such as Henize 3-401, show no indication whatsoever of interaction between a disk and a stellar wind, or a jet on the nebular axis. I propose that the disk that is observed at the base of the bipolar is itself the source of the outflow. In pa...

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Main Author: Vincent Icke
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-03-01
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description Many bipolar nebulae with a pronounced cylindrical shape, such as Henize 3-401, show no indication whatsoever of interaction between a disk and a stellar wind, or a jet on the nebular axis. I propose that the disk that is observed at the base of the bipolar is itself the source of the outflow. In particular, I assume that irradiation from the central star causes the disk to evaporate. I have performed numerical hydrodynamical calculations of outflows driven by evaporation of a pseudo-barotropic ring around a hot central star. The first results show that the outflow shapes are cylindrical, and the internal structures are similar to what is observed in some of these nebulae. Since shape is only the first step in the assessment of a model, synthetic observations should be made. For the moment I merely verify that the scalar quantities observed in the archetypical cylindrical nebula Hen 3-401 can be accommodated in my models.
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spelling doaj.art-d6b876937c5d4e79a7b6f6b6e74a756b2023-12-01T20:55:42ZengMDPI AGGalaxies2075-44342022-03-011025310.3390/galaxies10020053Cylindrical Planetary Nebulae. I. Flow from an Irradiated RingVincent Icke0Sterrewacht Leiden, Universiteit Leiden, 2300 RA Leiden, The NetherlandsMany bipolar nebulae with a pronounced cylindrical shape, such as Henize 3-401, show no indication whatsoever of interaction between a disk and a stellar wind, or a jet on the nebular axis. I propose that the disk that is observed at the base of the bipolar is itself the source of the outflow. In particular, I assume that irradiation from the central star causes the disk to evaporate. I have performed numerical hydrodynamical calculations of outflows driven by evaporation of a pseudo-barotropic ring around a hot central star. The first results show that the outflow shapes are cylindrical, and the internal structures are similar to what is observed in some of these nebulae. Since shape is only the first step in the assessment of a model, synthetic observations should be made. For the moment I merely verify that the scalar quantities observed in the archetypical cylindrical nebula Hen 3-401 can be accommodated in my models.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4434/10/2/53bipolar nebulaeprotoplanetary nebulaePost-AGB starsnumerical hydrodynamics
spellingShingle Vincent Icke
Cylindrical Planetary Nebulae. I. Flow from an Irradiated Ring
Galaxies
bipolar nebulae
protoplanetary nebulae
Post-AGB stars
numerical hydrodynamics
title Cylindrical Planetary Nebulae. I. Flow from an Irradiated Ring
title_full Cylindrical Planetary Nebulae. I. Flow from an Irradiated Ring
title_fullStr Cylindrical Planetary Nebulae. I. Flow from an Irradiated Ring
title_full_unstemmed Cylindrical Planetary Nebulae. I. Flow from an Irradiated Ring
title_short Cylindrical Planetary Nebulae. I. Flow from an Irradiated Ring
title_sort cylindrical planetary nebulae i flow from an irradiated ring
topic bipolar nebulae
protoplanetary nebulae
Post-AGB stars
numerical hydrodynamics
url https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4434/10/2/53
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