TY - JOUR
T1 - The Hα surface brightness - radius plane as a diagnostic tool for photoionized nebulae
AU - Frew, David J.
AU - Bojičić, Ivan S.
AU - Parker, Quentin A.
PY - 2016/8/8
Y1 - 2016/8/8
N2 - The Hα surface brightness - radius (SHα-r) relation is a robust distance indicator for planetary nebulae (PNe), further enhanced by different populations of PNe having distinct loci in SHα-r space. Other types of photoionized nebulae also plot in quite distinct regions in the SHa-r plane, allowing its use as a diagnostic tool. In particular, the nova shells and massive star ejecta (MSE) plot on relatively tight loci illustrating their evolutionary sequences. For the MSE, there is potential to develop a distance indicator for these objects, based on their trend in SHα-r space. As high-resolution, narrowband surveys of the nearest galaxies become more commonplace, the SHα-r plane is a potentially useful diagnostic tool to help identify the various ionized nebulae in these systems.
AB - The Hα surface brightness - radius (SHα-r) relation is a robust distance indicator for planetary nebulae (PNe), further enhanced by different populations of PNe having distinct loci in SHα-r space. Other types of photoionized nebulae also plot in quite distinct regions in the SHa-r plane, allowing its use as a diagnostic tool. In particular, the nova shells and massive star ejecta (MSE) plot on relatively tight loci illustrating their evolutionary sequences. For the MSE, there is potential to develop a distance indicator for these objects, based on their trend in SHα-r space. As high-resolution, narrowband surveys of the nearest galaxies become more commonplace, the SHα-r plane is a potentially useful diagnostic tool to help identify the various ionized nebulae in these systems.
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U2 - 10.1088/1742-6596/728/3/032015
DO - 10.1088/1742-6596/728/3/032015
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84989316499
SN - 1742-6588
VL - 728
SP - 1
EP - 4
JO - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
JF - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
IS - 3
M1 - 032015
ER -