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2021MNRAS.508.2254R - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 508, 2254-2265 (2021/December-1)

Planetary nebulae with Wolf-Rayet-type central stars - II. Dissecting the compact planetary nebula M 2-31 with GTC MEGARA.

RECHY-GARCIA J.S., TOALA J.A., CAZZOLI S., GUERRERO M.A., SABIN L., GOMEZ-GONZALEZ V.M.A. and RAMOS-LARIOS G.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present a comprehensive analysis of the compact planetary nebula M 2-31 investigating its spectral properties, spatio-kinematical structure, and chemical composition using Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) Multi-Espectrografo en GTC de Alta Resolucion para Astronomia (MEGARA) integral field spectroscopic observations and Nordic Optical Telescope(NOT) Alhambra Faint Object Spectrograph and Camera (ALFOSC) medium-resolution spectra and narrow-band images. The GTC MEGARA high-dispersion observations have remarkable tomographic capabilities, producing an unprecedented view of the morphology and kinematics of M 2-31 that discloses a fast spectroscopic bipolar outflow along position angles 50* and 230*, an extended shell, and a toroidal structure or waist surrounding the central star perpendicularly aligned with the fast outflows. These observations also show that the C II emission is confined in the central region and enclosed by the [N II] emission. This is the first time that the spatial segregation revealed by a two-dimensional map of the C II line implies the presence of multiple plasma components. The deep NOT ALFOSC observations allowed us to detect broad Wolf-Rayet (WR) features from the central star of M 2-31, including previously undetected broad O VI lines that suggest a reclassification as a [WO4]-type star.

Abstract Copyright: © 2021 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society

Journal keyword(s): planetary nebulae: general - planetary nebulae: individual: M 2-31 - stars: evolution - stars: winds, outflows - stars: Wolf-Rayet

Errata: erratum vol. 509, p. 2896 (2022)

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