Bibcode
Guerrero, M. A.; Toalá, Jesús A.; Medina, Juan J.; Luridiana, V.; Miranda, Luis F.; Riera, Angels; Velázquez, Pablo F.
Bibliographical reference
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 557, id.A121, 12 pp.
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2013
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Description
The propagation of a shock wave into a medium is expected to heat the
material beyond the shock, producing noticeable effects in intensity
line ratios such as [O iii]/Hα. To investigate the occurrence of
shocks in planetary nebulae (PNe), we have used all narrow-band [O iii]
and Hα images of PNe available in the HST archive to build their
[O iii]/Hα ratio maps and to search for regions where this ratio
is enhanced. Regions with enhanced [O iii]/Hα emission ratio can
be ascribed to two different types of morphological structures:
bow-shock structures produced by fast collimated outflows and thin skins
enveloping expanding nebular shells. Both collimated outflows and
expanding shells are therefore confirmed to generate shocks in PNe. We
also find regions with depressed values of the [O iii]/Hα ratio
which are found mostly around density bounded PNe, where the local
contribution of [N ii] emission into the F656N Hα filter cannot be
neglected.
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