Bibcode
Miszalski, B.; Corradi, R. L. M.; Jones, D.; Santander-García, M.; Rodríguez-Gil, P.; Rubio-Díez, M. M.
Referencia bibliográfica
Asymmetric Planetary Nebulae 5 conference, Poster Sesssion, held in Bowness-on-Windermere, U.K., 20 - 25 June 2010, A. A. Zijlstra, F. Lykou, I. McDonald, and E. Lagadec, eds. (2011) Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics
Fecha de publicación:
2011
Número de citas
14
Número de citas referidas
7
Descripción
A thorough search of the OGLE-III microlensing project has more than
doubled the total sample of PNe known to have close binary central
stars. These discoveries have enabled close binary induced morphological
trends to be revealed for the first time. Canonical bipolar nebulae,
low-ionisation structures and polar outflows are all identified within
the sample and are provisionally associated with binarity. We have
embarked upon a large photometric monitoring program using the Flemish
Mercator telescope to simultaneously test the predictive power of these
morphological features and to find more close binaries. Early results
are very positive with at least five binaries found so far. This
suggests our method is an effective means to expedite the construction
of a statistically significant sample of close binary shaped nebulae.
Such an authoritative sample will be essential to quantify the degree to
which close binary nuclei may shape PNe.