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Kinematic age determinations of planetary nebula central stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2012

Thaise S. Rodrigues
Affiliation:
Astronomy Department, University of São PauloRua do Matão 1226, 05508-090 São Paulo SP, Brazil email: tsrodrigues@usp.br - maciel@astro.iag.usp.br
Walter J. Maciel
Affiliation:
Astronomy Department, University of São PauloRua do Matão 1226, 05508-090 São Paulo SP, Brazil email: tsrodrigues@usp.br - maciel@astro.iag.usp.br
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Abstract

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Central stars of planetary nebulae (CSPN) have a relatively large mass interval, so that it is expected that these stars also have different ages, typically above 1 Gyr. Apart from the properties of the CSPN themselves, the problem of age determination is also important in the context of the chemical evolution of the Galaxy, for instance in the understanding of the time variation of chemical abundance gradients. In this work, we estimated the ages of a sample of CSPN on the basis of some correlations between their kinematic properties and the expected ages. According to these correlations, the observed dispersions in the U, V, W velocities are uniquely defined by the stellar ages. The adopted correlations were derived from the recent Geneva-Copenhagen survey of galactic stars. Preliminary results suggest the most CSPN in the galactic disk have ages under 3 Gyr. These results are also compared with some recent age distributions based on independent correlations involving the nebular chemical abundances.

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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2012

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