Infrared properties of planetary nebulae with [WR] type central stars.
Gorny S.K., Stasinska G., Szczerba R. & Tylenda R.
2001, A&A 377, 1007
Abstract:
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We have gathered from the literature near and mid infrared (photometric and
spectroscopic) data for Galactic planetary nebulae, with special attention
to planetary nebulae surrounding Wolf-Rayet type central stars
([WR] PN). These data have been analyzed to obtain
insight into the dust-properties of [WR] PN and their evolutionary status.
We have found that a sizeable fraction of [WR] PN seems to contain hot
dust (1000 -- 2000 K), probably located in the winds of the central stars.
The mean dust temperature is shown to decrease with decreasing [WC] spectral
type. This is in line with suggestions that the [WC] sequence is an
evolutionary sequence from late to early types.
[WR] PN in different diagrams, when compared to those of non-[WR] PN,
suggest that [WR] PN form a homogeneous class of planetary nebulae.
There is an unusually large proportion of [WR] PN showing PAH features
in their spectra.
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