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arxiv: 1109.2491 · v1 · pith:32YLGXF2new · submitted 2011-09-12 · 🌌 astro-ph.GA

The curious conundrum regarding sulfur and oxygen abundances in planetary nebulae

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keywords sulfurnebulaeplanetaryabundanceabundancesanomalyappearscarefully
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We carefully consider numerous explanations for the sulfur abundance anomaly in planetary nebulae. No one rationale appears to be satisfactory, and we suggest that the ultimate explanation is likely to be a heretofore unidentified feature of the nebular gas which significantly impacts the sulfur ionization correction factor.

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