Planetary Nebulae and the Ionization of the Interstellar Medium in Galaxies

Grażyna Stasińska; Marina Trevisan; Natalia Vale Asari

doi:10.3389/fspas.2022.913485

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences (Jul 2022)

Planetary Nebulae and the Ionization of the Interstellar Medium in Galaxies

Grażyna Stasińska,
Marina Trevisan,
Natalia Vale Asari

Affiliations

Grażyna Stasińska: Laboratoire Univers et Théorie, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Meudon, France
Marina Trevisan: Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande do Sul, Departamento de Astronomia, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Natalia Vale Asari: Departamento de Física, CFM, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2022.913485
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9

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We discuss the role of planetary nebulae and their progeny in galaxy context in terms of ionization of the galaxy interstellar medium. This regards ionized gas outside the disk of spiral galaxies, the diffuse ionized medium in spiral galaxies, and the weak line emission of elliptical galaxies.

Published in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

ISSN: 2296-987X (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Astronomy; Science: Physics: Geophysics. Cosmic physics
Website: http://journal.frontiersin.org/journal/astronomy-and-space-sciences

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