Bibcode
Rubin, R. H.; Colgan, S. W. J.; Corradi, R. L. M.; Sankrit, R.; Tielens, A. G. G. M.; Tsamis, Y. G.; Sivaraja, V.
Bibliographical reference
Planetary Nebulae: An Eye to the Future, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 283, p. 67-70
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2012
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Description
We report spectrophotometric observations made with SOFIA/FORCAST on
2011 June 2 UT. Optical measurements have previously shown that the
abundance discrepancy factor (adf) varies with position in several
high-adf PNe, and is highest close to the central star. The very low
electron temperature inclusions postulated to explain the abundance
discrepancy, must be cooled predominantly by fine structure IR lines.
These SOFIA data will map mid-IR FS lines (and our related Herschel
program will add several far-IR FS lines) in the bright,
well-characterized, high-adf PN NGC 7009. We will compare these IR
results with FS optical line measurements in order to correlate ratios
of IR to optical fluxes with position, and thus correlate with where the
adf peaks.