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The origin of the most luminous Planetary Nebulae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 August 2017

Rebeca Galera-Rosillo ,
Romano L. M. Corradi ,
Bruce Balick ,
Karen Kwitter ,
Antonio Mampaso  and
Jorge García-Rojas
Rebeca Galera-Rosillo
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38206, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain email: rgr@iac.es Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38205, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Romano L. M. Corradi
Affiliation:
Gran Telescopio de Canarias, Centro de Astrofísica de la Palma, E-38712, S/C de Tenerife, Spain
Bruce Balick
Affiliation:
Astronomy Department, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195-1580, USA
Karen Kwitter
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, 01267-2565, USA
Antonio Mampaso
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38206, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain email: rgr@iac.es
Jorge García-Rojas
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38206, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain email: rgr@iac.es
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Abstract

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As part of a systematic effort to characterize the properties and progenitors of the most luminous planetary nebulae (PNe), we obtained a sample among the brightest PNe in two stellar systems of different metallicities: LMC (Z/Z⊙~0.5) and M31 (Z/Z⊙~1) by means of a combined effort with the VLT and the 10mGTC. Modelling of these data will allow us to infer the masses of the stellar progenitors, gaining insights into the controversial origin of the universal cutoff of the Planetary Nebulae Luminosity Function (PNLF).

Keywords

Planetary Nebulae: generalgalaxies: abundancesgalaxies: M31LMCISM: evolution
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Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 12 , Symposium S323: Planetary Nebulae: Multi-Wavelength Probes of Stellar and Galactic Evolution , October 2016 , pp. 386 - 387
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2017 

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