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A Spitzer Space Telescope study of dust features in planetary nebula and Hii regions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2008

Jeronimo Bernard-Salas ,
Els Peeters ,
Vianney Lebouteiller ,
Gregory C. Sloan ,
Bernhard R. Brandl  and
James R. Houck
Jeronimo Bernard-Salas
Affiliation:
Cornell University, Space Sciences BuildingIthaca, NY 14853-6801, USA email: jbs@isc.astro.cornell.edu
Els Peeters
Affiliation:
University of Western Ontario, PAB 213, Canada SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
Vianney Lebouteiller
Affiliation:
Cornell University, Space Sciences BuildingIthaca, NY 14853-6801, USA email: jbs@isc.astro.cornell.edu
Gregory C. Sloan
Affiliation:
Cornell University, Space Sciences BuildingIthaca, NY 14853-6801, USA email: jbs@isc.astro.cornell.edu
Bernhard R. Brandl
Affiliation:
Leiden UniversityP.O. Box 9513, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
James R. Houck
Affiliation:
Cornell University, Space Sciences BuildingIthaca, NY 14853-6801, USA email: jbs@isc.astro.cornell.edu
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Abstract

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One of the key questions of infrared astronomy is how the characteristics of dust depend on the physical properties of the surrounding medium. To address this question, we present results from the Spitzer Space Telescope on two projects designed to study the dust properties of a sample of 25 Planetary Nebulae (PNe) in the Magellanic Clouds, and three well-known Giant Hii regions (NGC 3603, 30 Doradus and N 66/NGC 346). Most PNe show emission from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and only two of them show amorphous silicates. Eleven PNe display a strong broad feature around 11 μm which is attributed to silicon carbide and 8 of them show magnesium sulfide. One PNe, SMP LMC 11, shows spectacular absorption bands due to molecules which are the precursors from which more complex hydrocarbons are formed. The Spitzer spectra of the Hii regions, NGC 3603, 30 Doradus, and NGC 346 are very rich, displaying a wealth of spectral features within each region. This not only allows us to compare the dust at different metallicities but also to study the spatial variations of many features across a given region and correlate it with the distance to the ionizing cluster(s) and other parameters.

Keywords

Infrared: generaldustMagellanic Cloudsplanetary nebulae: generalHii regionsISM: individual (30 Doradus)ISM: lines and bands
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 4 , Symposium S251: Organic Matter in Space , February 2008 , pp. 185 - 190
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2008

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