High-resolution BOES Spectroscopy of Raman-scattered He iiλ6545 in Young Planetary Nebulae
Young planetary nebulae (PNe) are characterized by their hot central stars and the presence of abundant neutral and molecular components, which result from significant mass loss during the asymptotic giant branch phase of stellar evolution. Far-UV He ii λ 1025 line photons produced near the central...
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| author | Jin Lim Seok-Jun Chang Jaejin Shin Hee-Won Lee Jiyu Kim Hak-Sub Kim Bo-Eun Choi Ho-Gyu Lee |
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| description | Young planetary nebulae (PNe) are characterized by their hot central stars and the presence of abundant neutral and molecular components, which result from significant mass loss during the asymptotic giant branch phase of stellar evolution. Far-UV He ii λ 1025 line photons produced near the central star can undergo Raman scattering by hydrogen atoms, creating a broad emission feature centered at ~6545 Å. We conducted high-resolution spectroscopy of 12 young PNe from 2019 April to 2020 March using the Bohyunsan Observatory Echelle Spectrograph. Building on the study by Choi and Lee, who identified Raman-scattered He ii at 6545 Å in NGC 6881 and NGC 6886, we report new detections of this feature in NGC 6741 and NGC 6884. Profile fitting reveals that the velocity of the H i component relative to the He ii emission region ranges from 26 to 33 km s ^−1 in these PNe. Using photoionization modeling, we estimate the line flux of He ii λ 1025 and derive Raman conversion efficiencies of 0.39, 0.21, 0.24, and 0.07 for NGC 6881, NGC 6741, NGC 6886, and NGC 6884, respectively. These results, combined with radiative transfer modeling, suggest the presence of H i components with masses around 10 ^−2 M _⊙ , moving outward from the central He ii emission region at speeds characteristic of the slow stellar wind from a mass-losing giant star. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e9b4c1d0997f4401a29a3c29e383d5332025-08-20T02:08:49ZengIOP PublishingThe Astrophysical Journal1538-43572025-01-01979212410.3847/1538-4357/ada273High-resolution BOES Spectroscopy of Raman-scattered He iiλ6545 in Young Planetary NebulaeJin Lim0https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6875-481XSeok-Jun Chang1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0112-5900Jaejin Shin2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6363-8069Hee-Won Lee3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1951-7953Jiyu Kim4Hak-Sub Kim5https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7033-4522Bo-Eun Choi6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9040-672XHo-Gyu Lee7https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3808-7143Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sejong University , Seoul, Republic of KoreaMax-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik , Karl-Schwarzschild-Straße 1, 85748 Garching bei München, GermanyDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Sejong University , Seoul, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Sejong University , Seoul, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Sejong University , Seoul, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Sejong University , Seoul, Republic of Korea; Korea AeroSpace Administration , Sacheon, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Astronomy , University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USAKorea Astronomy and Space Science Institute , Daejeon, Republic of KoreaYoung planetary nebulae (PNe) are characterized by their hot central stars and the presence of abundant neutral and molecular components, which result from significant mass loss during the asymptotic giant branch phase of stellar evolution. Far-UV He ii λ 1025 line photons produced near the central star can undergo Raman scattering by hydrogen atoms, creating a broad emission feature centered at ~6545 Å. We conducted high-resolution spectroscopy of 12 young PNe from 2019 April to 2020 March using the Bohyunsan Observatory Echelle Spectrograph. Building on the study by Choi and Lee, who identified Raman-scattered He ii at 6545 Å in NGC 6881 and NGC 6886, we report new detections of this feature in NGC 6741 and NGC 6884. Profile fitting reveals that the velocity of the H i component relative to the He ii emission region ranges from 26 to 33 km s ^−1 in these PNe. Using photoionization modeling, we estimate the line flux of He ii λ 1025 and derive Raman conversion efficiencies of 0.39, 0.21, 0.24, and 0.07 for NGC 6881, NGC 6741, NGC 6886, and NGC 6884, respectively. These results, combined with radiative transfer modeling, suggest the presence of H i components with masses around 10 ^−2 M _⊙ , moving outward from the central He ii emission region at speeds characteristic of the slow stellar wind from a mass-losing giant star.https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ada273Planetary nebulaeRadiative transferStellar mass lossHigh resolution spectroscopy |
| spellingShingle | Jin Lim Seok-Jun Chang Jaejin Shin Hee-Won Lee Jiyu Kim Hak-Sub Kim Bo-Eun Choi Ho-Gyu Lee High-resolution BOES Spectroscopy of Raman-scattered He iiλ6545 in Young Planetary Nebulae The Astrophysical Journal Planetary nebulae Radiative transfer Stellar mass loss High resolution spectroscopy |
| title | High-resolution BOES Spectroscopy of Raman-scattered He iiλ6545 in Young Planetary Nebulae |
| title_full | High-resolution BOES Spectroscopy of Raman-scattered He iiλ6545 in Young Planetary Nebulae |
| title_fullStr | High-resolution BOES Spectroscopy of Raman-scattered He iiλ6545 in Young Planetary Nebulae |
| title_full_unstemmed | High-resolution BOES Spectroscopy of Raman-scattered He iiλ6545 in Young Planetary Nebulae |
| title_short | High-resolution BOES Spectroscopy of Raman-scattered He iiλ6545 in Young Planetary Nebulae |
| title_sort | high resolution boes spectroscopy of raman scattered he iiλ6545 in young planetary nebulae |
| topic | Planetary nebulae Radiative transfer Stellar mass loss High resolution spectroscopy |
| url | https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ada273 |
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