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The planetary nebula NGC 6153 through the eyes of MUSE

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2023-02-28 v2

Abstract

In this contribution, we present the results of a study on the high abundance discrepancy factor (ADF \sim 10) planetary nebula (PN) NGC 6153 with MUSE. We have constructed flux maps for dozens of emission lines, that allowed us to build spatially resolved maps of extinction, electron temperature (TeT_{\rm e}), electron density (nen_{\rm e}), and ionic abundances. We have simultaneously constructed ADF maps for O+^+ and O2+^{2+} and found that they centrally peak in this PN, with a remarkable spatial coincidence with the low TeT_{\rm e} found from recombination line diagnostics. This finding strongly supports the hypothesis that two distinct gas phases co-exist: one cold and metal-rich, and a second warm and with ``normal'' metal content. We show that to build TeT_{\rm e}([N II]) and ionic abundance maps of low-ionization species for these objects, recombination contribution to the auroral [N II] and [O II] lines must be properly evaluated and corrected.

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@article{arxiv.2302.11525,
  title  = {The planetary nebula NGC 6153 through the eyes of MUSE},
  author = {V. Gómez-Llanos and J. García-Rojas and C. Morisset and D. Jones and H. Monteiro and R. Wesson and H. M. J. Boffin and R. L. M. Corradi and F. Pérez-Toledo and P. Rodríguez-Gil},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.11525},
  year   = {2023}
}

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6 pages, 3 figures, conference proceedings of the XV Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society