H alpha emission line profiles of selected post-AGB stars
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v2
Abstract
We present H alpha emission line spectra of 7 post-AGB stars. Typically, they have a P-Cygni type profile with a very strong emission component and a relatively narrow absorption component. These lines are formed in the fast post-AGB wind which in most cases has a velocity of around 100 km/s. Hence the emission originates close to the central star and the absorption occurs in the fast wind itself or in the region where the fast wind sweeps up the slow wind. The emission profile has very broad wings. It is still unclear what causes these wings.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9910024,
title = {H alpha emission line profiles of selected post-AGB stars},
author = {Griet C. Van de Steene and Peter R. Wood and Peter A. M. van Hoof},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9910024},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
4 pages, 1 figure. To appear in ``Asymmetrical Planetary Nebulae II: from Origins to Microstructures,'' ASP Conference Series, Vol. 199, 2000; J.H. Kastner, N. Soker, & S.A. Rappaport, eds