1999AJ....118.2919P -
Astron. J., 118, 2919-2928 (1999/December-0)
Density and excitation mapping of M2-9.
PHILLIPS J.P. and CUESTA L.
Abstract (from CDS):
We have acquired imaging of the bipolar outflow M2-9 in the transitions [O III] λ5007, H I λ6563, [N II] λ6584, and [S II] λλ6717, 6731. As a result, we are able to map both excitation and density over the face of the nebula. We find that underlying densities in the lobes increase to ne∼1.6x103 cm–3 at distances rp∼12"-15" from the central star, after which they again decrease to ne<200 cm–3 for rp>27". Superposed upon this are various density knots, associated with the visual condensations, in which peak values of ne are of order 6.3x103 cm–3. These appear to be responsible for low-excitation shadowing of the outer envelope. All of these features (the density peaks, and broad underlying density variation) are shown to be consistent with a particular model of shock excitation, in which an interior wind is shock-interacting with an external neutral envelope. Such a model appears also to be consistent with trends in [O III]/Hα and [S II]/Hα, which (for the northern lobe at least) appear most consistent with shock excitation.
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Journal keyword(s):
ISM: Jets and Outflows - ISM: Kinematics and Dynamics - planetary nebulae: individual (M2-9)
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