Kinematics and dynamics of galactic planetary nebulae

• Grant number: 99/07003-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: March 01, 2000
• End date: August 31, 2002
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Astronomy
• Principal Investigator: Walter Junqueira Maciel
• Grantee: Sophie Mariette Denise Durand
• Host Institution: Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas (IAG). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The main objective of my project is to give insight into the structure and evolution of the Galaxy by means of the kinematics of Planetary Nebulae (PNe): I plan to use the PNe as a galactic tracer population and to test their dynamical behaviour mainly in the inner Galaxy, as one of my particular interests is in investigating the triaxial structure of the bulge: a stationnary self-consistent rotating model based on a separable distribution function with 3 integrals of motion is planned. (AU)