行星狀星雲概論

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　　傑森·J.西山（Jason J.Nishiyama），加拿大卡爾加里萊斯布里奇大學的講師，也是加拿大皇家天文學會卡爾加里中心Wilson Coulee天文台的主任，擁有澳大利亞墨爾本的斯威本科技大學的天文學碩士學位。

Preface

Acknowledgements

Author biography

1 Introduction

1．1 Planetary nebulae

1．2 Discovery and history

1．2．1 Initial discovery

1．2．2 Naming

1．2．3 The road to understanding

1．2．4 Origins and fate revealed

1．2．5 Methods of discovery

1．3 Components of planetary nebulae

1．3．1 Nebular envelope

1．3．2 Central star

References

2 Formation of planetary nebulae

2．1 Planetary nebulae as a stage in stellar evolution

2．1．1 Hertzsprung-Russell diagram

2．1．2 Stellar evolution——main sequence to the AGB

2．1．3 Evolution to the asymptotic giant branch

2．1．4 The asymptotic giant branch

2．1．5 Mass loss

2．2 Proto-planetary nebulae

2．2．1 Morphology

2．3 Progenitor masses

2．3．1 Calculation of white dwarf mass

2．3．2 Calculation of progenitor mass

2．3．3 Fate outside of the bounds

2．4 Post-planetary nebula

2．4．1 White dwarf physical characteristics

2．4．2 White dwarf observational and chemical characteristics

2．5 Interacting stellar winds

2．5．1 The model

2．5．2 Limitations of the model