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Theoretical models of planetary nebulae

I: Truncated, composite shell models

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Sets of theoretical models of spherically symmetrical gaseous nebulae are calculated for a fixed chemical composition and with central star, energy distributions given by Cassinelli (1971) and by Kunasz, Mihalas and Hummer (1975). A central region of constant densityN H=100 cm−3 is surrounded by a broken shell consisting of zones of different density and optical thickness. It is found that for a fixed chemical composition and central star flux, a considerable range can be found in the emitted fluxes of certain lines such as λ4686 which are often used to fix the level of excitation of a nebula. Although it is possible to produce models yielding a variety of nebular line ratios in this way, these truncated inhomogeneous shell models have not reproduced the integrated spectra of nebulae that simultaneously show extreme features of high and low excitation with great strength-e.g. [Nii], [Oii] and λ4686 Heii.

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  1. Astronomy Dept., University of California, Los Angeles, Calif., U.S.A.

    C. D. Keyes & L. H. Aller

  2. Physics Dept., University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    L. H. Aller

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Keyes, C.D., Aller, L.H. Theoretical models of planetary nebulae. Astrophys Space Sci 59, 91–108 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00651044

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