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星系分子

Molecules in galaxies

Alain Omont

摘要:

综述了星系外分子研究的主要成就、发展现状和前景。它们是在几十年来对局部星际介质中的分子、它们的化学性质及其对恒星形成的重要性的研究结果的背景下提出的。CO观测揭示了星系中分子气体的总体结构。与其他分子一起,它们是星系尺度上恒星形成的最佳示踪剂之一。我们对各种局部星系环境中分子丰度的了解正在取得进展。它们追踪物理条件和金属丰度,并与尘埃过程和大芳香分子密切相关。最近的主要发展包括巨型脉泽和活动星系核中的分子;在非常高的红移下分子的毫米发射;以及作为温暖分子气体、冲击和光解区域的示踪剂的红外H2发射。从厘米到亚毫米范围的灵敏巨型干涉仪的出现,特别是不久的将来毫米/亚毫米范围的ALMA的出现,将为星系分子研究及其用于跟踪所有距离的恒星形成开辟一个新的领域。

英文摘要:

The main achievements, current developments and prospects of molecular studies in external galaxies are reviewed. They are put in the context of the results of several decades of studies of molecules in local interstellar medium, their chemistry and their importance for star formation. CO observations have revealed the gross structure of molecular gas in galaxies. Together with other molecules, they are among the best tracers of star formation at galactic scales. Our knowledge about molecular abundances in various local galactic environments is progressing. They trace physical conditions and metallicity, and they are closely related to dust processes and large aromatic molecules. Major recent developments include mega-masers, and molecules in Active Galactic Nuclei; millimetre emission of molecules at very high redshift; and infrared H2 emission as tracer of warm molecular gas, shocks and photodissociation regions. The advent of sensitive giant interferometers from the centimetre to sub-millimetre range, especially ALMA in the near future in the mm/submm range, will open a new area for molecular studies in galaxies and their use to trace star formation at all distances.

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