Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 History and overview
- 2 Ionization structure of planetary nebulae
- 3 Nebular line radiation
- 4 Nebular continuum radiation
- 5 The neutral gas component
- 6 The dust component
- 7 Observations of the central star of planetary nebulae
- 8 Morphologies of planetary nebulae
- 9 Problems and questions
- 10 Asymptotic giant branch stars – progenitors of planetary nebulae
- 11 Evolution of the central stars
- 12 Formation of planetary nebulae
- 13 Dynamical evolution of planetary nebulae
- 14 Protoplanetary nebulae – the transition objects
- 15 Evolution to the white dwarf stage
- 16 Distances to planetary nebulae
- 17 Comparison between evolutionary models and observations
- 18 PN in the galactic context
- 19 Chemical abundances
- 20 Planetary nebulae in other galaxies
- 21 Concluding remarks
- References
- Appendix List of symbols and abbreviations
- Subject index
Subject index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 November 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 History and overview
- 2 Ionization structure of planetary nebulae
- 3 Nebular line radiation
- 4 Nebular continuum radiation
- 5 The neutral gas component
- 6 The dust component
- 7 Observations of the central star of planetary nebulae
- 8 Morphologies of planetary nebulae
- 9 Problems and questions
- 10 Asymptotic giant branch stars – progenitors of planetary nebulae
- 11 Evolution of the central stars
- 12 Formation of planetary nebulae
- 13 Dynamical evolution of planetary nebulae
- 14 Protoplanetary nebulae – the transition objects
- 15 Evolution to the white dwarf stage
- 16 Distances to planetary nebulae
- 17 Comparison between evolutionary models and observations
- 18 PN in the galactic context
- 19 Chemical abundances
- 20 Planetary nebulae in other galaxies
- 21 Concluding remarks
- References
- Appendix List of symbols and abbreviations
- Subject index
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- The Origin and Evolution of Planetary Nebulae , pp. 241 - 243Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2000