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斯皮策IRS对银河系中心的观测:射电弧泡中的激波气体

Spitzer IRS Observations of the Galactic Center: Shocked Gas in the Radio Arc Bubble

Janet P. Simpson, Sean W. J. Colgan, Angela S. Cotera, Edwin F. Erickson, David J. Hollenbach, Michael J. Kaufman, Robert H. Rubin

摘要:

我们目前的斯皮策IRS光谱(R ~600,10 - 38微米)的38个位置在银河系中心(GC),都在同一个银河经度和跨越± 0.3度的纬度。我们的位置包括拱形星团、拱形灯丝、五重星团附近的区域、与分子云G0.11-0.11沿着同一视线的“气泡”,以及在银河系高纬度沿着视线的弥漫星际气体。从[O IV],[Ne II],[Ne III],[Si II],[S III],[S IV],[Fe II],[Fe III]和H_2S(0),S(1)和S(2)线的测量中,我们确定了气体激发和离子丰度比。Ne/H和S/H丰度比是猎户座星云的1.6倍。激发的主要来源是光电离,拱状星团电离拱状灯丝,五重星团电离附近和银河系低纬度的气体,包括气泡的远端。此外,强烈的冲击将气体分解为O^{+3},并破坏尘埃颗粒,将铁释放到气相中(在拱形细丝中,Fe/H约为1.3 × 10^{-6},在气泡中,Fe/H约为8.8 × 10^{-6})。在气泡中心的冲击效应特别明显,但O $^{+3}$存在于所有位置。我们认为,冲击是由于风从五重星团沃尔夫-拉叶星。另一方面,H_2谱线比可以用光离解区热分子气体的多组分模型来解释,而不需要激波中H_2的产生。

英文摘要:

We present Spitzer IRS spectra (R ~600, 10 - 38 micron) of 38 positions in the Galactic Center (GC), all at the same Galactic longitude and spanning plus/minus 0.3 degrees in latitude. Our positions include the Arches Cluster, the Arched Filaments, regions near the Quintuplet Cluster, the ``Bubble'' lying along the same line-of-sight as the molecular cloud G0.11-0.11, and the diffuse interstellar gas along the line-of-sight at higher Galactic latitudes. From measurements of the [O IV], [Ne II], [Ne III], [Si II], [S III], [S IV], [Fe II], [Fe III], and H_2 S(0), S(1), and S(2) lines we determine the gas excitation and ionic abundance ratios. The Ne/H and S/H abundance ratios are ~ 1.6 times that of the Orion Nebula. The main source of excitation is photoionization, with the Arches Cluster ionizing the Arched Filaments and the Quintuplet Cluster ionizing the gas nearby and at lower Galactic latitudes including the far side of the Bubble. In addition, strong shocks ionize gas to O^{+3} and destroy dust grains, releasing iron into the gas phase (Fe/H ~ 1.3 times 10^{-6} in the Arched Filaments and Fe/H ~ 8.8 times 10^{-6} in the Bubble). The shock effects are particularly noticeable in the center of the Bubble, but O$^{+3}$ is present in all positions. We suggest that the shocks are due to the winds from the Quintuplet Cluster Wolf-Rayet stars. On the other hand, the H_2 line ratios can be explained with multi-component models of warm molecular gas in photodissociation regions without the need for H_2 production in shocks.

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