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A Dust-Scattering Model for M1-92: A Revised Estimate of the Mass Distribution and Inclination
| العنوان: | A Dust-Scattering Model for M1-92: A Revised Estimate of the Mass Distribution and Inclination |
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| المؤلفون: | Li, Yun Qi, Morris, Mark R., Sahai, Raghvendra |
| المصدر: | Galaxies 2024, 12(4), 44 |
| سنة النشر: | 2024 |
| المجموعة: | Astrophysics |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies |
| الوصف: | Preplanetary nebulae (PPNe) are formed from mass-ejecting late-stage AGB stars. Much of the light from the star gets scattered or absorbed by dust particles, giving rise to the observed reflection nebula seen at visible and near-IR wavelengths. Precursors to planetary nebulae (PNe), PPNe generally have not yet undergone any ionization by UV radiation from the still-buried stellar core. Bipolar PPNe are a common form of observed PPNe. This study lays the groundwork for future dynamical studies by reconstructing the dust density distribution of a particularly symmetric bipolar PPN, M1-92 (Minkowski's Footprint, IRAS 19343$+$2926). For this purpose, we develop an efficient single-scattering radiative transfer model with corrections for double-scattering. Using a V-band image from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), we infer the dust density profile and orientation of M1-92. These results indicate that M1-92's slowly expanding equatorial torus exhibits an outer radial cutoff in its density, which implicates the influence of a binary companion during the formation of the nebula. Comment: 21 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publications in Galaxies |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Working Paper |
| DOI: | 10.3390/galaxies12040044 |
| URL الوصول: | http://arxiv.org/abs/2408.03136 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsarx.2408.03136 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | arXiv |
| DOI: | 10.3390/galaxies12040044 |
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