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Mendez et al. (1992) use their determinations of IC 2448’s stellar gravity (log g = 4.8) and effective temperature (Teff = 65000 K) to derive the current mass of IC 2448’s star as 0.58 M⊙. This current stellar mass corresponds to an initial stellar mass of Mi ≈ 1 M⊙ at a metallicity of Z = 0.5-1.0 Z⊙ (Vassiliadis & Wood, 1993). This low stellar mass, along with the low metallicity of IC 2448’s progenitor star, imply that the first and perhaps the third dredge-up occurred. First dredge-up would have increased the abundances of 4 He, 14 N, and 13 C, decreased the abundance of 12 C, and left the 16 O abundance the same (Marigo et al., 2003). Second dredge-up (which increases 4 He and 14 N but decreases 12 C, 13 C, and 16 O) is only expected to occur if the initial mass of the progenitor star is between 3 and 5 M⊙ (Marigo et al., 2003), and so it is not expected to occur here. Third dredge-up, which significantly increases 4 He and 12 C and slightly increases the amounts of some other elements (Marigo et al., 2003), might have occurred. It is expected to occur in stars that have Mi � 1.5 M⊙ at Z = Z⊙, but this limit is at lower masses for lower Z (Marigo et al., 1999). Third dredge-up enriches the amount of carbon relative to oxygen, and thus a C/O ratio greater than one would indicate that third dredge-up occurred (Iben & Renzini, 1983). The C/O ratio in IC 2448 derived here is 1.1, but the carbon abundance of IC 2448 is very uncertain as discussed above. Thus we cannot determine if the C/O ratio is really greater or less than one. The IR spectrum of IC 2448 (Figure 2.1) does not show PAHs which are often observed in PNe with C/O > 1, nor does it show silicates which are often observed in PNe with C/O < 1 (Zuckerman & Aller, 1986; Bernard-Salas & Tielens, 2005). The uncertainty in our carbon abundance and the lack of PAHs and silicates in the IR spectrum do not allow us to determine if IC 2448 is carbon-rich or oxygen-rich. The abundances of IC 2448 are close to the abundances of PN IC 2165 which 49
is a spherical nebula with a low mass (� 3 M⊙) progenitor star (Pottasch et al., 2004). IC 2165 probably experienced third dredge-up (in addition to first dredge- up) because it has C/O ∼ 2 (Pottasch et al., 2004). The elements not much affected by the various dredge-up episodes (Ar, Ne, S, and O) all have subsolar values in IC 2448 and IC 2165, which implies that the progenitor stars of these nebula were created from metal deficient gas. The IR continuum of IC 2448 gives a cool dust temperature of ∼ 100 K, support- ing previous studies that show IC 2448 to be an old, evolved nebula. Additionally, IR lines that would come from the photodissociation region such as [Ar II] and [Si II] are not observed. Perhaps this indicates that most of the photodissociation region has been destroyed, which fits the picture of IC 2448 being an old PN where the ionization front has gobbled up most of the photodissociation region. 2.7 Conclusions This is the first mid-IR spectral study of IC 2448. The abundance of helium is slightly above solar, indicating that some chemical enrichment has occurred. The high uncertainties in the nitrogen and carbon abundances (due to their reliance on abundances determined from UV lines which depend strongly on the electron temperature and to a lesser extent on the extinction) make it difficult to determine how much chemical enrichment occurred. The elements not affected much by stellar evolution (Ar, Ne, S, and O) all have subsolar values in IC 2448, indicating that the progenitor star formed out of somewhat metal deficient material. Our use of infrared ionic lines which are less sensitive to extinction and temperature, and some of which arise from ions with no observable lines in the optical or UV, leads to a more accurate determination of abundances for Ar, Ne, S, and O than previously possible. The abundances determined fit with the picture of IC 2448 having a low 50
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Shannon was bor
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost
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thank my husband Ryan. The rest of
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We extract spectra processed throug
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Figure 4.2 IRS spectra of H II regi
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Figure 4.4 shows a plot of the (Ne
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James Webb Space Telescope (JWST);
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Bernard-Salas, J. & Tielens, A. G.
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Edgar, R. G., Nordhaus, J., Blackma
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Hummer, D. G., Berrington, K. A., E
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Matsuura, M., Zijlstra, A. A., Mols
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Vassiliadis, E. & Wood, P. R. 1993,
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