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Line Profiles of the Saturn Ring Planetary Nebula

  • 이성재;형식
    • 천문학회보
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    • 제36권2호
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    • pp.115.1-115.1
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    • 2011
  • We analyzed the line profiles of the planetary nebula (PN) NGC 7009 secured with the Keck I HIES and BOES's spectral data. The 5 positions were taken over the nebular image, 4 points on the bright rim plus 1 point at the central position. The covered spectral wavelength range was $3250{\AA}-8725{\AA}$ in these observations. We decomposed the lines of HI, HeI, HeII, CII, NIII, [ClIII], [NII], [OII], [OIII], [SII], [SIII], [ClIII], and [ArIII] using the IRAF and StarLink/Dipso. After correcting the Earth's movement and the PN's radial velocities, -48.6 & -48.9 km/s, respectively, for the Keck & BOES, we produced the line profiles in a velocity scale. The zero velocity at each line profile clearly indicates which part of the components is approaching or receding, giving a general information of the kinematical structure. Almost all of the low-to-medium excitation lines, such as [NII], [SII], [O III], and [ArIII], secured at the central position and four positions along the major & minor axes, showed 3 components, double peak + a wide wing component, suggesting the fast outflow structures are present. The overall geometry is a prolate shell which also has a fainter outer shell in the halo zone, but there appears to be some peculiar sub-structures inside the main shell. The high excitation He I, HeII, NIII lines which might be formed close to the inner boundary of the shell show unusual features, completely different from the other lines. The HeII and these high excitation lines may be indicative of a relative recent fast outflow from the central star and the permitted lines such as NIII might be affected by the innermost structure. We discuss a possible presence of a jet-like fast outflow structure in an out-flow axis different from the main axis of the spheroid shell.

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CO OBSERVATIONS OF A REGION IN THE PERSEUS ARM CONTAINING Hb 12 AND ITS IMMEDIATE VICINITY

  • Cho, Se-Hyung;Kim, K.T.
    • 천문학회지
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    • 제23권2호
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    • pp.85-96
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    • 1990
  • High resolution $^{12}CO$ observations of the region containing the planetary nebula Hb12 were made with the Nobeyama Radio Telescope. These observations reveal that there is no significant CO emission from Hb 12 itself. Near Hb 12, however, the observed regions show a structure of clustered dark clouds whose physical parameters suggest that these clumps would be further fragmented or collapesed. Also found with the high resolution observations is that a few isolated clumps are located away from the main CO feature extended possibly from the galactic plane. For more detail morphologies and velocity structures of the clumps, especially in relation to the large CO complex to which these are likely to be associated, more observations are substantiated.

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A New Grid-Based Monte Carlo Code for Raman Scattered He II: Preliminary Results

  • Chang, Seok-Jun;Choi, Bo-Eun;Lee, Hee-Won
    • 천문학회보
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    • 제44권1호
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    • pp.85.2-85.2
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    • 2019
  • We developed a new grid-based Monte Carlo code to trace far UV He II line photons that are incident on a thick H I region and subsequently transferred through Rayleigh and Raman scattering with atomic hydrogen. In particular, we consider a neutral region that is moving away from the He II emission source which is either monochromatic or is described by a Gaussian profile. The resultant Raman scattered He II line profiles from a monochromatic source are characterized by a double peaked core part with an extended Raman red tail that is attributed to multiple re-entry events. Complicated behaviors are observed in the case of a Gaussian He II source including the formation of a secondary red peak near the Balmer center dependent on the H I column density. A preliminary application of our results to the CFHT data of the planetary nebula IC 5117 is presented.

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STRENGTH OF THE RAMAN SCATTERED HE II EMISSION LINES IN SYMBIOTIC STARS AND PLANETARY NEBULAE

  • LEE HEE-WON
    • 천문학회지
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    • 제36권2호
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    • pp.55-60
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    • 2003
  • In Lee, Kang & Byun (2001) the discovery of Raman scattered 6545 A feature was reported in symbiotic stars and the planetary nebula M2-9. The broad emission feature around 6545 A is formed as a result of Raman scattering of He II n = 6 $\to$ n = 2 photons by atomic hydrogen. In this paper, we introduce a method to compute the equivalent width of He II $\lambda$ 1025 line and present an optical spectrum of the symbiotic star RR Telescopii as an example for a detailed illustration. In this spectrum, we pay attention to the broad H$\alpha$ wings and the Raman scattered He II 6545 feature. The broad Ha wings are also proposed to be formed through Raman scattering of continuum around Ly$\beta$ by Lee (2000), and therefore we propose that the equivalent width of the He II $\lambda$ 1025 emission line is obtained by a simple comparison of the strengths of the 6545 feature and the broad H$\alpha$ wings. We prepare a template H$\alpha$ wing profile from continuum radiation around Ly$\beta$ with the neutral scattering region that is supposed to be responsible for the formation of Raman scattered He II 6545 feature. Isolation of the 6545 feature that is blended with [N II] $\lambda$ 6548 is made by using the fact that [N II] $\lambda$ 6584 is always 3 times stronger than [N II] $\lambda$ 6548. We also fit the 6545 feature by a Gaussian which has a width 6.4 times that of the He II $\lambda$ 6527 line. A direct comparison of these two features for RR Tel yields the equivalent width $EW_{Hel025} = 2.3{\AA}$ of He II $\lambda$ 1025 line. Even though this far UV emission line is not directly observable due to heavy interstellar extinction, nearby He II lines such as He II $\lambda$ 1085 line may be observed using far UV space instruments, which will verify this calculation and hence the origins of various features occurring in spectra around H$\alpha$.

High Dispersion Line Profiles of the Planetary Nebula NGC 6833 and its Implication

  • Lee, Seong-Jae;Hyung, Siek
    • 천문학회보
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    • 제35권2호
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    • pp.73.1-73.1
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    • 2010
  • Using the spectroscopic data secured with the Hamilton Echelle Spectrograph attached to a 3-m telescope at the Lick Observatory, we derived the expansion velocities from various line profiles in the 3600 $\AA$ to 10,000 $\AA$ based on the full width at half maximum and double peak of the high dispersion line profiles. The symmetrical shapes of the permitted line profiles indicate that the permitted line zone is symmetrical e.g., a spherical shell or bipolar + torus structures, which might be evidence of relatively recent ejection from the central star. Most other stronger forbidden lines might be coming from a main shell which appears as a bilateral symmetrical morphology, seen in HST and other ground-based telescopic images. The overall expansion velocities of this main shell structure that are responsible for most lines, seem to show the Hubble type expansion, i.e., accelerating shell. The faster expansion velocities of the permitted OII, NII, NIII and perhaps CII lines that do not suit to the Hubble type expansion, imply the existence of a somewhat smaller inner shell inside the outer main shell. We conclude that the nebular shell consists of a swiftly expanding inner shell and an outer normal shell excited by a central star of about 55,000K. The former compact zone appears to be responsible for the permitted C, N, and O lines while the latter extended shell appears to be responsible for H, He, and forbidden lines. We present some evidence that NGC 6833 be a member of the Galactic halo.

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Ionized Fe Objects in UWIFE survey and IGRINS

  • Kim, Yesol;Koo, Bon-Chul;Pyo, Tae-Soo
    • 천문학회보
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    • 제42권1호
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    • pp.54.1-54.1
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    • 2017
  • The UKIRT Wide-field Infrared survey for Fe+(UWIFE) is an unbiased survey of the first Galactic quadrant, with narrow-band filter centered on $1.644{\mu}m$. This survey covers $7^{\circ}$ < l < $62^{\circ}$ and |b| < $1.5^{\circ}$, where active interaction of stars and interstellar medium is expected. With median seeing of 0.8 arcsec, 5 - sigma detection limit of 18.7 mag and surface brightness limit of $8.1{\times}10^{-20}W\;m^{-2}arcsec^{-2}$, this survey gives an opportunity to statistically study Galactic [Fe II] - emitting sources for the first time. In order to identify Ionized Fe Objects (IFOs) in survey area systematically, we conducted visual inspection and automatic detection simultaneously. Total of ~300 extended IFOs are identified, most of them are found out to be part of supernova remnants (SNRs), young stellar objects, HII regions and planetary nebulae. The majority of IFOs are new discoveries which reveal shocked structures in high-extinction region. Spatial distribution of IFOs suggest that they trace Galactic structure. As a part of spectroscopic follow-up, we observed SNR candidate IFO J183740.829-061452.41 with IGRINS (Immersion Grating Infrared Spectrograph, Yuk+2010), mounted on 2.7m Harlan Smith telescope. This unknown arc-like, 6'-long IFO is coincident with inner part of radio continuum loop G25.8+0.2, which has been known as HII region. However, interior of this radio shell is filled with diffuse soft X-ray emission, and possible association of hard X-ray pulsar / pulsar wind nebula makes the nature of the IFO unclear. The H and K-band 2D spectrum shows shock-ionized [Fe II] filaments, which is apart from photoionized HII filaments. In this presentation we present basic statistics of newly identified IFOs, as well as the follow-up study of IFO J183740.829-061452.41.

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지구의 나이: 재평가 (The Age of the Earth: Reappraisal)

  • 권성택
    • 암석학회지
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    • 제23권3호
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    • pp.273-277
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    • 2014
  • 이 논문은 지구의 나이를 알기 위한 초기의 다양한 시도를 간략히 소개하고, 운석의 납동위원소 연대측정으로 처음으로 지구의 나이가 $4,550{\pm}70Ma$임을 밝힌 Patterson (1956)의 연구를 재조명한다. 태양계 초기의 진화과정은 성운가스가 식으면서 응축되어 만들어지는 고체입자 -> 이들 입자들이 서로 들러붙어 커지는 첨합과정을 통하여 행성 크기의 물체가 생성되는 것으로 생각되고 있다. 또한 이때 생긴 원시지구가 화성 크기의 물체와 충돌하면서 그 잔해가 달을 만들었다고 생각되고 있다. 이 일련의 과정에서 지구가 생성된 시기를 꼭 집어 말하기 힘들긴 하나, 현재 지구는 이 충돌의 직접적인 결과로 생각할 수 있기 때문에 이 충돌시기를 지구의 나이로 정할 것을 제안한다. 기존 연구를 고려하면 충돌시기는 태양계에서 가장 먼저 만들어진 운석물질의 나이(즉, 태양계의 나이) $4567.30{\pm}0.16Ma$와 지구와 달 암석에서 가장 오래된 나이 $4,456{\pm}40Ma$ 사이로 개략적으로 제한될 수 있다. 이 충돌시기는 태양계 초기 행성 크기의 물체가 만들어지는 시간간격을 밝히고, 충돌 이후 생성된 지구와 달의 마그마 바다의 열 역사를 규명하는데 매우 중요하기 때문에, 앞으로 보다 정확한 충돌시기를 측정하려는 노력이 요구된다.