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Submillimeter line observations of the proto-planetary nebula CRL 2688The protoplanetary nebula CRL 2688 with 14-arcsec resolution was observed, and the envelope in CO, (C-13)O, CS, and H(C-13)N was mapped. The submillimeter lines show strong emission from two components of the envelope: a cold, dense, optically thick slow wind and a warm, optically thin fast wind. In the maps, the slow wind appears compact and circularly symmetric. A mass-loss rate in the fast wind of 0.00002 solar mass/yr is estimated, if the wind was continuous. The C-12/C-13 ratio in the fast wind is 5, compared to about 20 in the slow wind. The value in the HCN/CO abundance ratio may be lower in the fast wind than in the slow wind. It is argued that the velocity gradients are not caused by rotation, but rather by asymmetries in the envelope associated with the fast wind.
Document ID
19930032441
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Jaminet, P. A.
(NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Danchi, W. C.
(California Univ. Berkeley, United States)
Sandell, Goran
(Joint Astronomy Center Hilo, HI, United States)
Sutton, E. C.
(Illinois Univ. Urbana, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
December 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: Astrophysical Journal, Part 1
Volume: 400
Issue: 2
ISSN: 0004-637X
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
93A16438
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF AST-91-96077
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF AST-88-18327
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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