The planetary nebula NGC 6153 through the eyes of MUSE

Gómez-Llanos, V.; García-Rojas, J.; Morisset, C.; Jones, D.; Monteiro, H.; Wesson, R.; Boffin, H. M. J.; Corradi, R. L. M.; Pérez-Toledo, F.; Rodríguez-Gil, P.
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Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics XI

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2023
Number of authors
10
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4
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0
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In this contribution, we present the results of a study on the high abundance discrepancy factor (ADF $\sim$ 10) planetary nebula (PN) NGC 6153 with MUSE. We have constructed flux maps for dozens of emission lines, that allowed us to build spatially resolved maps of extinction, electron temperature ($T_{\rm e}$), electron density ($n_{\rm e}$), and ionic abundances. We have simultaneously constructed ADF maps for O$^+$ and O$^{2+}$ and found that they centrally peak in this PN, with a remarkable spatial coincidence with the low $T_{\rm e}$ found from recombination line diagnostics. This finding strongly supports the hypothesis that two distinct gas phases co-exist: one cold and metal-rich, and a second warm and with ``normal'' metal content. We show that to build $T_{\rm e}$([N II]) and ionic abundance maps of low-ionization species for these objects, recombination contribution to the auroral [N II] and [O II] lines must be properly evaluated and corrected.