Fast Winds in Planetary Nebulae
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- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Symposium - International Astronomical Union
- Vol. 103, 305-316
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0074180900093815
Abstract
A planetary nebula consists mainly of gas ejected slowly by a red giant. Its dynamics is dominated by the hot central star which is left behind later. In particular a fast wind from this star forms a bubble of hot gas which fills the inner part of the nebula and pushes the envelope into a shell. This shell remains only partly ionized for a considerable time. Its non-ionized part is subject to a Rayleigh-Taylor instability, and is expected to break up into fragments which remain behind in the HII part of the nebula.Keywords
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