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Carbonates in Planetary Nebulae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

F. Kemper
Affiliation:
Astronomical Institute ‘Anton Pannekoek’, University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan 403, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
L. B. F. M. Waters
Affiliation:
Astronomical Institute ‘Anton Pannekoek’, University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan 403, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
A. de Koter
Affiliation:
Astronomical Institute ‘Anton Pannekoek’, University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan 403, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
C. Jäger
Affiliation:
AIU, University of Jena, Germany
Th. Henning
Affiliation:
AIU, University of Jena, Germany
F. J. Molster
Affiliation:
ESTEC/ESA, Solar system division, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
M. J. Barlow
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, UK
T. Lim
Affiliation:
Space Science Department, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK

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We report the discovery of carbonates in the Planetary Nebulae NGC 6302 and NGC 6537 (Kemper et al. 2002). In the ISO LWS spectra far-infrared features have been identified with calcite and dolomite by comparison with laboratory spectra of these minerals. This is the first time that carbonates have been identified outside the solar system. In a follow-up study (Kemper et al., in prep.) a detailed analysis of the mineral composition of the dust in NGC 6302 is presented.

Type
Part V: Dust and Molecules in Planetary Nebulae
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2003 

References

Kemper, F., Jäger, C., Waters, L. B. F. M., Henning, Th., Molster, F. J., Barlow, M. J., Lim, T. & de Koter, A. 2002, Nature, 415, 295 Google Scholar