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Herschel observations of the nebula M1-67 around the Wolf-Rayet star WR 124
Vamvatira-Nakou, C.; Hutsemekers, Damien; Royer, P. et al.
2016In Astronomy and Astrophysics, 588, p. 92, pp.1-14
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Keywords :
circumstellar matter; stars: massive; stars: mass-loss; stars: Wolf-Rayet; stars: individual: WR 124
Abstract :
[en] Infrared Herschel imaging and spectroscopic observations of the nebula M1-67 around the Wolf-Rayet star WR 124 have been obtained along with optical imaging observations. The infrared images reveal a clumpy dusty nebula that extends up to 1 pc. The comparison with the optical images shows that the ionized gas nebula coincides with the dust nebula, the dust and the gas being mixed together. A photodissociation region is revealed from the infrared spectroscopic analysis. The analysis of the infrared spectrum of the nebula, where forbidden emission lines of ionized elements were detected, showed that the nebula consists of mildly processed material with the calculated abundance number ratios being N/O = 1.0 ± 0.5 and C/O = 0.46 ± 0.27. Based on a radiative transfer model, the dust mass of the nebula was estimated to be 0.22 M[SUB]⊙[/SUB] with a population of large grains being necessary to reproduce the observations. The comparison of the mass-loss rate and the abundance ratios to theoretical models of stellar evolution led to the conclusion that the nebular ejection took place during a RSG/YSG evolutionary phase of a central star with an initial mass of 32 M[SUB]⊙[/SUB]. Herschel is an ESA space observatory with science instruments provided by European-led Principal Investigator consortia and with important participation from NASA.Based in part on observations collected at the European Southern Observatory, La Silla, Chile.
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Vamvatira-Nakou, C.;  Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique, Université de Liège, Quartier Agora, Allée du 6 août, 19C-Bât. B5c, 4000, Liège, Sart-Tilman, Belgium
Hutsemekers, Damien ;  Université de Liège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Astroph. extragalactique et observations spatiales (AEOS)
Royer, P.;  Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, Bus 2401, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
Waelkens, C.;  Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, Bus 2401, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
Groenewegen, M. A. T.;  Koninklijke Sterrenwacht van België, Ringlaan 3, 1180, Brussels, Belgium
Barlow, M. J.;  Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK)
Language :
English
Title :
Herschel observations of the nebula M1-67 around the Wolf-Rayet star WR 124
Publication date :
01 April 2016
Journal title :
Astronomy and Astrophysics
ISSN :
0004-6361
eISSN :
1432-0746
Publisher :
EDP Sciences, Les Ulis, France
Volume :
588
Pages :
A92, pp.1-14
Peer reviewed :
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