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暗云核极深处红外消光规律

The Infrared Extinction Law at Extreme Depth in a Dark Cloud Core

C. Román-Zúñiga, C. Lada, A. Muench, J. Alves

摘要:

利用ESO NTT和VLT望远镜地面成像仪获得的近红外数据和Spitzer空间望远镜IRAC成像仪获得的空间中红外数据,计算了Barnard 59在1.25 ~ 7.76 μ m深度范围内的消光系数A λ/A K。由色图λ-K与H-K的源分布斜率计算出A_λ/A_K比值。色图中的分布与消光能级A_K ~ 7(A_V ~ 59等)的单斜率拟合较好。因此,通过B59视线,消光定律随深度的变化似乎没有显着变化。然而,当斜率转化为相对消光系数A_λ/A_K时,我们发现一个消光规律,它与近红外幂律消光曲线的简单外推法不同,而与总吸收到选择性吸收R_V=5.5的云的尘埃消光模型更接近,并且其粒度分布比漫射ISM中的更有利于更大的颗粒。因此,我们观察到的差异可能是由于在致密区域的晶粒生长的影响。最后,我们的图表中的斜率比Indebetouw等人(2005年)研究中的低柱密度云的斜率稍微小一些,这表明3到8微米之间的消光定律可能会随着环境的变化而略有不同。

英文摘要:

We combined sensitive near-infrared data obtained with ground-based imagers on the ESO NTT and VLT telescopes with space mid-infrared data acquired with the IRAC imager on the Spitzer Space Telescope to calculate the extinction law A_λ/A_K as a function of λbetween 1.25 and 7.76 micron to an unprecedented depth in Barnard 59, a star forming, dense core located in the Pipe Nebula. The ratios A_λ/A_K were calculated from the slopes of the distributions of sources in color-color diagrams λ-K vs. H-K. The distributions in the color-color diagrams are fit well with single slopes to extinction levels of A_K ~ 7 (A_V ~ 59 mag). Consequently, there appears to be no significant variation of the extinction law with depth through the B59 line of sight. However, when slopes are translated into the relative extinction coefficients A_λ/A_K, we find an extinction law which departs from the simple extrapolation of the near-infrared power law extinction curve, and agrees more closely with a dust extinction model for a cloud with a total to selective absorption R_V=5.5 and a grain size distribution favoring larger grains than those in the diffuse ISM. Thus, the difference we observe could be possibly due to the effect of grain growth in denser regions. Finally, the slopes in our diagrams are somewhat less steep than those from the study of Indebetouw et al. (2005) for clouds with lower column densities, and this indicates that the extinction law between 3 and 8 micron might vary slightly as a function of environment.

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