Central stars of planetary nebulae: The white dwarf connection
Abstract
This paper is focused on the transition phase between central stars and white dwarfs, i.e. objects in the effective temperature range 100,000 - 200,000 K. We confine our review to hydrogen-deficient stars because the common H-rich objects are subject of the paper by Ziegler et al. in these proceedings. We address the claimed iron-deficiency in PG1159 stars and [WC] central stars. The discovery of new Ne VII and Ne VIII lines in PG1159 stars suggests that the identification of O VII and O VIII lines that are used for spectral classification of [WCE] stars is wrong. We then present evidence for two distinct post-AGB evolutionary sequences for H-deficient stars based on abundance analyses of the He-dominated O(He) stars and the hot DO white dwarf KPD0005+5106. Finally, we report on evidence for an H-deficient post-super AGB evolution sequence represented by the hottest known, carbon/oxygen-atmosphere white dwarf H1504+65 and the recently discovered carbon-atmosphere "hot DQ" white dwarfs.
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@article{arxiv.1109.2391,
title = {Central stars of planetary nebulae: The white dwarf connection},
author = {K. Werner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.2391},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
Invited review, Proceedings IAU Symp. 283, Planetary Nebulae: An Eye to the Future, A. Manchado, L. Stanghellini, & D. Schoenberner, eds., Cambridge University Press