Morphology and Evolution of Galactic and Magellanic Cloud Planetary Nebulae |
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Authors: | L Stanghellini |
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Institution: | (1) Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA;(2) Astrophysics Division, Space Science Department of ESA, USA |
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Abstract: | Planetary nebulae (PNe) exist in a range of different morphologies, from very simple and symmetric round shells, to elliptical,
bipolar, and even quadrupolar shapes. They present extremely complex ensembles of filaments, knots, ansae, and shell multiplicity.
It is then overwhelmingly complicated to derive reasonable evolutionary paths to justify the observed shapes of PNe. The confrontation
between the evolution of the shells and that of the central stars is needed to understand the origin of the morphological
variety. We present some background and recent results on the correlations between PN morphology and PN nuclei (PNNi) evolution,
including a study on the Magellanic Cloud PNe.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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