THE ABUNDANCES OF LIGHT NEUTRON-CAPTURE ELEMENTS IN PLANETARY NEBULAE. III. THE IMPACT OF NEW ATOMIC DATA ON NEBULAR SELENIUM AND KRYPTON ABUNDANCE DETERMINATIONS

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作者
Sterling, N. C. [1 ]
Porter, R. L. [2 ,3 ]
Dinerstein, Harriet L. [4 ]
机构
[1] Univ West Georgia, Dept Phys, Carrollton, GA 30118 USA
[2] Univ Georgia, Dept Phys & Astron, Athens, GA 30602 USA
[3] Univ Georgia, Ctr Simulat Phys, Athens, GA 30602 USA
[4] Univ Texas Austin, Dept Astron, Austin, TX 78712 USA
关键词
atomic data; infrared: general; nuclear reactions; nucleosynthesis; abundances; planetary nebulae: general; stars: AGB and post-AGB; ASYMPTOTIC GIANT BRANCH; NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; EFFECTIVE COLLISION STRENGTHS; HIGH-RESOLUTION SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL RECOMBINATION LINES; S-PROCESS NUCLEOSYNTHESIS; SAGITTARIUS DWARF GALAXY; MASSIVE AGB EVOLUTION; WC CENTRAL STARS; CHEMICAL ABUNDANCES;
D O I
10.1088/0067-0049/218/2/25
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
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. 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+-Kr3+ 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 [Kr III] and [Se IV] emission lines in 120 PNe. The revised Se and Kr abundances are 0.1-0.3 dex 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.
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