M 1-67 and RCW 58: nebulae around WN8h stars formed through CE evolution
Abstract
We present the analysis of the dust properties of the Wolf-Rayet nebulae M 1-67 and RCW 58 around the WN8h stars WR 124 and WR 40, respectively. Modeling with the photoionization code Cloudy shows that in both nebulae the IR spectral energy distributions and ionized gas properties can be reproduced by a dust shell consisting of two populations of dust grains. Furthermore, taking into account the initial mass, the morphology and the kinematics of the nebulae we propose M 1-67 and RCW 58, together with their progenitor stars, as the first observational evidences of post-common envelope evolution in nebulae around massive stars.
- Publication:
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IAU Symposium
- Pub Date:
- 2024
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921322002927
- Bibcode:
- 2024IAUS..361..499J
- Keywords:
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- stars: circumstellar matter;
- stars: evolution;
- stars: individual (WR 40;
- WR 124)