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BHROS high spectral resolution observations of PN forbidden and recombination line profiles

Barlow, MJ; Hales, AS; Storey, PJ; Liu, XW; Tsamis, YG; Aderin, ME; (2006) BHROS high spectral resolution observations of PN forbidden and recombination line profiles. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , 2 (234) pp. 367-368. 10.1017/S1743921306003279. Green open access

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Abstract

We have acquired high spectral resolution observations (R=150,000) of the planetary nebulae NGC 7009 and NGC 6153, using bHROS on Gemini South. Observations of this type may provide a key to understanding why optical recombination lines (ORLs) yield systematically higher heavy element abundances for photoionized nebulae than do the classical forbidden collisionally excited lines (CELs) emitted by the same ions; NGC 7009 and NGC 6153 have notably high ORL/CEL abundance discrepancy factors (ADFs) of 5 and 10, respectively. Due to the opposite temperature dependences of ORLs and CELs, ORLs should be preferentially emitted by colder plasma. Our bHROS observations of NGC 7009 reveal that the [O III] 4363 Å CEL has a FWHM linewidth that is 1.5 times larger than that shown by O II ORLs in the same spectrum, despite the fact that all of these lines are emitted by the O 2+ ion. The bHROS spectra of NGC 6153 also show that its O II ORLs have significantly narrower linewidths than do the [O III] 4363 Å and 5007 Å lines but, in addition, the [O III] 4363 Å and 5007 Å lines show very different velocity profiles, implying the presence of large temperature variations in the nebula. © 2006 International Astronomical Union.

Type: Article
Title: BHROS high spectral resolution observations of PN forbidden and recombination line profiles
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1017/S1743921306003279
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921306003279
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: planetary nebulae: individual (NGC 6153, NGC 7009); line: profiles
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10097974
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