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arxiv: 1412.2071 · v1 · pith:LRO3B7GUnew · submitted 2014-12-05 · 🌌 astro-ph.SR

s-process Enrichment in the Planetary Nebula NGC 3918

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keywords nebulaplanetarys-processelementslinesabundancesaccuracychemical
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We present deep, high-resolution (R~40000) UVES at VLT spectrophotometric data of the planetary nebula NGC 3918. This is one of the deepest spectra ever taken of a planetary nebula. We have identified and measured more than 700 emission lines and, in particular, we have detected very faint lines of several neutron-capture elements (s-process elements: Kr, Xe and Rb) that enable us to compute their chemical abundances with unprecedented accuracy, thus constraining the efficiency of the s-process and convective dredge-up.

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