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Weighting Binarity Among the Precursors of Planetary Nebulae in the Magellanic Clouds

Grant number: 15/00890-1
Support Opportunities:Scholarships abroad - Research
Start date until: August 01, 2015
End date until: July 31, 2016
Field of knowledge:Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Astronomy - Stellar Astrophysics
Principal Investigator:Roberto Pereira Ortiz
Grantee:Roberto Pereira Ortiz
Host Investigator: Martin Antonio Guerrero Roncel
Host Institution: Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades (EACH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
Institution abroad: Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA), Spain  
Associated research grant:10/18835-3 - Planetary nebulae, stars and chemical evolution of stellar systems, AP.TEM

Abstract

Planetary nebulae, the descendants of low- and intermediate-mass stars,exhibit point-symmetric and highly collimated morphologies. Models of planetary nebula formation cannot explain the shaping of these complex morphologies by single stars. Binary systems are invoked at the origin of these morphologies or even as the cause of planetary nebula formation, but the observationalevidence for binarity among the central stars of planetary nebulae is scarce. Here we propose the use of sensitive UV and infrared observations ofAsymptotic Giant Branch stars, the precursors of planetary nebulae, in the Magellanic Clouds to search for main-sequence of white dwarf companions. At known distances, these samples of planetary nebula precursors will provide reliable statistics of the frequency of binarity among central stars of planetary nebulae.

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)
ORTIZ, ROBERTO; GUERRERO, MARTIN A.. Ultraviolet emission from main-sequence companions of AGB stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, v. 461, n. 3, p. 3036-3046, . (15/00890-1, 10/18835-3)
PINHEIRO, M. C.; ORTIZ, R.; ABRAHAM, Z.; COPETTI, M. V. F.. Photometric and Spectroscopic Survey of the Cluster [DBS2003] 156 Associated with the H II Region G331.1-0.5. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, v. 128, n. 963, . (15/00890-1, 10/18835-3, 13/23786-0)

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