Bibcode
Hillwig, T. C.; Jones, D.; De Marco, Orsola; Bond, Howard E.; Margheim, Steve; Frew, David
Referencia bibliográfica
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 832, Issue 2, article id. 125, 11 pp. (2016).
Fecha de publicación:
12
2016
Revista
Número de citas
85
Número de citas referidas
71
Descripción
A current issue in the study of planetary nebulae with close binary
central stars (CSs) is the extent to which the binaries affect the
shaping of the nebulae. Recent studies have begun to show a high
coincidence rate between nebulae with large-scale axial or point
symmetries and close binary stars. In addition, combined binary-star and
spatiokinematic modeling of the nebulae have demonstrated that all of
the systems studied to date appear to have their central binary axis
aligned with the primary axis of the nebula. Here we add two more
systems to the list, the CSs and nebulae of NGC 6337 and Sp 1. We show
both systems to be low inclination, with their binary axis nearly
aligned with our line of sight. Their inclinations match published
values for the inclinations of their surrounding nebulae. Including
these two systems with the existing sample statistically demonstrates a
direct link between the central binary and the nebular morphology. In
addition to the systems’ inclinations we give ranges for other
orbital parameters from binary modeling, including updated orbital
periods for the binary CSs of NGC 6337 and Sp 1.