The second death of Sakurai's Object (V4334 Sgr)

Albert A. Zijlstra, Marcin Hajduk, Falk Herwig, Peter Van Hoof, Florian Kerber

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    Abstract

    The discovery of Sakurai's Object, in 1996, provided the first modern observations of a very late thermal pulse. Models predicted that it would become a born-again planetary nebula over a few hundred years. It is however evolving very much faster: the first radio detection shows that ionization of the envelope has already started. To reproduce its unexpectedly fast evolution, we have developed a model in which convective mixing is strongly suppressed under the influence of flash burning. A strong prediction of this model is that the star will evolve back to very high temperatures at equally accelerated time scales. A CLOUDY photoionization model of the hydrogen-poor nebula indicates an ionized ejecta (carbon) mass of ∼ 10-3 M⊙, indicating that born-again objects may be significant contributors to carbonaceous dust in the galaxy. © 2005 American Institute of Physics.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationAIP Conference Proceedings|AIP Conf. Proc.
    Pages183-186
    Number of pages3
    Volume804
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 28 Nov 2005
    EventInternational Conference on Planetary Nebulae as Astronomical Tools - Gdansk
    Duration: 28 Nov 2005 → …

    Conference

    ConferenceInternational Conference on Planetary Nebulae as Astronomical Tools
    CityGdansk
    Period28/11/05 → …

    Keywords

    • Circumstellar matter
    • Evolution
    • Individual: V4334 Sgr
    • Stars: Post-AGB

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