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Imaging polarimetry of proto-planetary nebulae

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Polarization maps are presented for the three proto-planetary nebulae, Frosty Leo, MZ3 and M2-9. The structure of each object is discussed and geometries derived from these data are compared with those predicted by the currently fashionable two wind hydrodynamical models which account for many of the features of such transient nebulae.

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  1. Physics Department, University of Durham, Durham, UK

    S. M. Scarrott & R. M. J. Scarrott

  2. Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, UK

    R. D. Wolstencroft

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Scarrott, S.M., Scarrott, R.M.J. & Wolstencroft, R.D. Imaging polarimetry of proto-planetary nebulae. Astrophys Space Sci 216, 31–42 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00982465

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