X-ray Observations of Planetary Nebulae since WORKPLANS I and Beyond
Abstract
Planetary nebulae (PNe) were expected to be filled with hot pressurized gas driving their expansion. ROSAT hinted at the presence of diffuse X-ray emission from these hot bubbles and detected the first sources of hard X-ray emission from their central stars, but it was not until the advent of Chandra and XMM-Newton that we became able to study in detail their occurrence and physical properties. Here I review the progress in the X-ray observations of PNe since the first WORKshop for PLAnetary Nebulae observationS (WORKPLANS) and present the perspective for future X-ray missions with particular emphasis on eROSITA.
- Publication:
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Galaxies
- Pub Date:
- March 2020
- DOI:
- 10.3390/galaxies8010024
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2003.06176
- Bibcode:
- 2020Galax...8...24G
- Keywords:
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- planetary nebulae;
- X-ray;
- stellar winds;
- late stellar evolution;
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics;
- Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
- E-Print:
- 7 pages, 3 figures, proceeding of WORKPLANS II (Leiden, The Netherlands, December 2019), accepted for publication by Galaxies