Abstract

We have carried out integral field unit (IFU) spectroscopy of <TEX>$H{\alpha}$</TEX>, [<TEX>$N{\small{II}}$</TEX>] and [<TEX>$O{\small{III}}$</TEX>] emission lines for a sample of Galactic planetary nebulae (PNe) with Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars and weak emission-line stars (wels). Comparing their spatially-resolved kinematic observations with morpho-kinematic models allowed us to disentangle their three-dimensional gaseous structures. Our results indicate that these PNe have axisymmetric morphologies, either bipolar or elliptical. In many cases the associated kinematic maps for the PNe around hot central stars also reveal the presence of so-called fast low-ionization emission regions.

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