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复合星际颗粒

Composite Interstellar Grains

D. B. Vaidya, Ranjan Gupta, T. P. Snow

摘要:

复合颗粒由基质硅酸盐球状体和石墨包裹体组成。采用离散偶极子近似(DDA)计算了三种轴比下复合球形颗粒的消光效率。利用复合球状颗粒的消光效率,在3.40- 0.10 $μm$的光谱区域内估算了星际消光曲线。然后将模型消光曲线与平均观测到的星际消光曲线进行比较。计算了三种取向角下复合颗粒的线偏振,并找到了最大偏振波长。此外,我们估计的体积消光系数,从宇宙丰度的角度来看,一个重要的参数,复合颗粒模型,重现平均观测到的星际消光。来自碳和硅的复合颗粒模型的估计丰度被认为是低于裸硅酸盐/石墨颗粒模型预测,但这些值仍然高于暗示从最近的ISM值。

英文摘要:

The composite grain is made up of a host silicate spheroid and graphite inclusions. The extinction efficiencies of the composite spheroidal grains for three axial ratios are computed using the discrete dipole approximation (DDA). The interstellar extinction curve is evaluated in the spectral region 3.40--0.10$μm$ using the extinction efficiencies of the composite spheroidal grains. The model extinction curves are then compared with the average observed interstellar extinction curve. We also calculate the linear polarization for the spheroidal composite grains at three orientation angles and find the wavelength of maximum polarization. Further, we estimate the volume extinction factor, an important parameter from the point of view of cosmic abundance, for the composite grain models that reproduce the average observed interstellar extinction. The estimated abundances derived from the composite grain models for both carbon and silicon are found to be lower than that are predicted by the bare silicate/graphite grain models but these values are still higher than that are implied from the recent ISM values.

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