Evolutionary versus dynamical time scales for the evolution of the central stars of planetary nebulae

Bibcode
1990ApJ...351..230M
DOI
10.1086/168458
McCarthy, J. K.; Mould, J. R.; Mendez, R. H.; Kudritzki, R. P.; Husfeld, D.; Herrero, A.; Groth, H. G.
Bibliographical reference

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 351, March 1, 1990, p. 230-244. Research supported by the Max-Planck-Institut für Physik und Astrophysik.

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1990
Journal
Astrophysical Journal
Number of authors
7
IAC number of authors
0
Citations
51
Refereed citations
42
Description
The disagreement between evolutionary and dynamical time scales for the evolution of the central stars of planetary nebulae (CSPN) through the H-R diagram is investigated. Three possible reasons for the disagreement are examined: (1) the nebulae could have experienced a phase of rapid photoionization of material ejected previously while the stars were still on the AGB; (2) the central stars could have undergone a late helium shell flash and returned to the AGB; and (3) the AGB-CSPN evolutionary transition times could have been increased by small additional amounts of residual envelope material remaining after the superwind mass-loss phase. Mechanism (3) is favored here because it can account for evolutionary ages both less than and greater than the corresponding dynamical ages.
Type
Refereed
Planetary nebulae
Stellar evolution
Stellar winds

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