A disc inside the bipolar planetary nebula M2-9

2010/11/25 by Foteini Lykou, F. Lykou, Olivier Chesneau +9 · 4 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Bipolar nebula #Halo #Nebula #Optics #Physics #Planetary nebula #Protoplanetary nebula #Radiative transfer #Stars #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #Thick disk #White dwarf #astro-ph.SR

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200913845

9 figures, A&A accepted

arxiv created 2010/11/25 · openalex publication_date 2010/12/14 · arxiv updated 2015/05/20 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Aims. Bipolarity in proto-planetary and planetary nebulae is associated with events occurring in or around their cores. Past infrared observations have revealed the presence of dusty structures around the cores, many in the form of discs. Characterising those dusty discs provides invaluable constraints on the physical processes that govern the final mass expulsion of intermediate mass stars. We focus this study on the famous M2-9 bipolar nebula, where the moving lighthouse beam pattern indicates the presence of a wide binary. The compact and dense dusty core in the centre of the nebula can be studied by means of optical interferometry.

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Cited by

• The symbiotic and bipolar nebula M 2-9: Morphological variability of the collimated ionized wind arising from the core
• A morpho-kinematic and spectroscopic study of the bipolar nebulae: M 2−9, Mz 3, and Hen 2−104
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