Variability in Post-AGB Stars: Pulsation in Proto-Planetary Nebulae

Abstract :

We have been intensely monitoring photometric variability in proto-planetary nebulae (PPNe) over the past 25 years and radial velocity variability over the past ten years. Pulsational variability has been obvious, in both the light and velocity, although the resulting curves are complex, with multiple periods and varying amplitudes. Observed periods range from 25 to 160 days, and the periods and amplitudes reveal evolutionary trends. We will present our observational results to date for approximately 30 PPNe, and discuss these results, including the search for period changes that might help constrain post-AGB evolutionary timescales.

Publication : Why Galaxies Care About AGB Stars: A Continuing Challenge through Cosmic Time. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, Volume 343, pp. 423-424
DOI : 10.1017/S1743921318006956
Bibcode : 2019IAUS..343..423H
Keywords : AGB and post-AGB; stars: variable