학술논문

Optical Spectra of Radio Planetary Nebulae in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Document Type
article
Source
Serbian Astronomical Journal, Vol 177, Pp 53-59 (2008)
Subject
Planetary nebulae: individual: SMP L8
SMP L25
SMP L33
SMP L39
SMP L47
SMP L62
SMP L74
SMP L75
SMP L83
SMP L84
SMP L89
Astronomy
QB1-991
Language
English
ISSN
1450-698X
Abstract
We present 11 spectra from 12 candidate radio sources co-identified with known planetary nebulae (PNe) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Originally found in Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) LMC surveys at 1.4, 4.8 and 8.64~GHz and confirmed by new high resolution ATCA images at 6 and 3~cm (4arcsec/2arcsec), these complement data recently presented for candidate radio PNe in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). Their spectra were obtained using the Radcliffe 1.9-meter telescope in Sutherland (South Africa). All of the optical PNe and radio candidates are within 2arcsec and may represent a population of selected radio bright sample only. Nebular ionized masses of these objects are estimated to be as high as 1.8~$M_odot$, supporting the idea that massive PNe progenitor central stars lose much of their mass in the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) phase or prior. We also identify a sub-population (33\%) of radio PNe candidates with prominent ionized iron emission lines.