Abundances in PNe. III: Se and Kr Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Sterling N.C.
  2. Porter R.L.
  3. Dinerstein H.L.
  4. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

The detection of neutron(n)-capture elements in several planetary nebulae (PNe) has provided a new means of investigating s-process nucleosynthesis in low-mass stars. However, a lack of atomic data has inhibited accurate trans-iron element abundance determinations in astrophysical nebulae. Recently, photoionization (PI) and recombination data were determined for Se and Kr, the two most widely detected n-capture elements in nebular spectra. We have incorporated these new data into the photoionization code Cloudy (Ferland et al. 2013RMxAA..49..137F). To test the atomic data, numerical models were computed for 15 PNe that exhibit emission lines from multiple Kr ions. We found systematic discrepancies between the predicted and observed emission lines that are most likely caused by inaccurate PI and recombination data. These discrepancies were removed by adjusting the Kr^+^-Kr^3+^ PI cross sections within their cited uncertainties and the dielectronic recombination rate coefficients by slightly larger amounts. From grids of models spanning the physical conditions encountered in PNe, we derive new, broadly applicable ionization correction factor (ICF) formulae for calculating Se and Kr elemental abundances. The ICFs were applied to our previous survey of near-infrared [KrIII] and [SeIV] emission lines in 120 PNe. The revised Se and Kr abundances are 0.1-0.3dex lower than former estimates, with average values of [Se/(O,Ar)]=0.12+/-0.27 and [Kr/(O,Ar)]=0.82+/-0.29, but correlations previously found between their abundances and other nebular and stellar properties are unaffected. We also find a tendency for high-velocity PNe that can be associated with the Galactic thick disk to exhibit larger s-process enrichments than low-velocity PNe belonging to the thin-disk population.

Keywords
  1. Chemical abundances
  2. Atomic physics
  3. Planetary nebulae
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2015ApJS..218...25S
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doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.22180025

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History

2015-09-08T07:33:11Z
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2015-09-08T07:33:11Z
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2017-07-06T06:25:56Z
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