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Disks and jets in planetary nebulae

Noam Soker, Mario Livio

The Astrophysical Journal · 1994 · 193 citations · 0 references

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Highly collimated bipolar outflows and jets have recently been observed in some planetary nebulae. The study investigates whether accretion disks can form in planetary nebulae with binary nuclei to enable jet formation. The authors examine disk formation during the common envelope phase in these systems. They find that some systems form accretion disks after the common envelope phase, making planetary nebulae the newest class of jet‑producing objects alongside AGN, YSOs, and X‑ray binaries. Published in The Astrophysical Journal, January 1994, DOI 10.1086/173639.

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view Abstract Citations (208) References (46) Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS Disks and jets in planetary nebulae Soker, Noam ; Livio, Mario Abstract Highly collimated bipolar outflows and jets have been recently observed to be associated with some planetary nebulae. Assuming that the mechanism of jet formation requires the presence of an accretion disk, we examine the possibilities to form such disks in the case of planetary nebulae with binary nuclei. We show that at the emergence from the common envelope phase, some systems can form accretion disks. Planetary nebulae therefore form the newest addition to the classes of objects (which so far include active galactic nuclei, young stellar objects, and some X-ray binaries) which produce jets. Publication: The Astrophysical Journal Pub Date: January 1994 DOI: 10.1086/173639 Bibcode: 1994ApJ...421..219S Keywords: Accretion Disks; Planetary Nebulae; Plasma Jets; Stellar Envelopes; Stellar Mass Ejection; Astrophysics; Collimation; Evolution (Development); Astrophysics; ACCRETION; ACCRETION DISKS; ISM: JETS AND OUTFLOWS; ISM: PLANETARY NEBULAE: GENERAL full text sources ADS | data products SIMBAD (10)