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猎户座星云中物理条件和丰度差异的小尺度行为

Small scale behavior of the physical conditions and the abundance discrepancy in the Orion nebula

Adal Mesa-Delgado, César Esteban, Jorge García-Rojas

摘要:

我们目前的结果,长缝光谱在几个位置的猎户座星云。我们的目标是以大约1”的空间分辨率研究大量星云量的空间分布,包括线通量、物理条件和离子丰度。我们发现,原行星盘(propherds)显示出突出的尖峰T([N II])可能产生的碰撞退激由于在这些对象中发现的高电子密度。赫比格-哈罗天体也显示出相对较高的T([N II]),但可能是由冲击引起的局部加热产生的。我们还发现,纯复合O II和[O III]线的空间分布是相当相似的,在行星状星云中观察到的。O^{++}的丰度差异因子(ADF)沿着狭缝位置保持相当恒定,除了在星云的某些特定的小区域,这个量达到稍微更高的值,特别是在最明显的赫比格-哈罗天体HH 202,HH 203和HH 204的位置。在theta^1 Ori C附近,内部40英寸的ADF也有明显的轻微增加。根据到猎户座θ ^1 C的投影距离,我们发现星云中的T([O III])和T([N II])径向梯度为负。我们探索了O^{++}的ADF相对于其他星云量的行为,发现它似乎随着电子温度的增加而略有增加。最后,我们估计了均方电子温度涨落的值,即所谓的t^2参数。我们的研究结果表明,假设的热不均匀性-如果它们存在-应该小于我们的空间分辨率元素。

英文摘要:

We present results of long-slit spectroscopy in several positions of the Orion nebula. Our goal is to study the spatial distribution of a large number of nebular quantities, including line fluxes, physical conditions and ionic abundances at a spatial resolution of about 1". We find that protoplanetary disks (proplyds) show prominent spikes of T([N II]) probably produced by collisional deexcitation due to the high electron densities found in these objects. Herbig-Haro objects show also relatively high T([N II]) but probably produced by local heating due to shocks. We also find that the spatial distribution of pure recombination O II and [O III] lines is fairly similar, in contrast to that observed in planetary nebulae. The abundance discrepancy factor (ADF) of O^{++} remains rather constant along the slit positions, except in some particular small areas of the nebula where this quantity reaches somewhat higher values, in particular at the location of the most conspicuous Herbig-Haro objects: HH 202, HH 203, and HH 204. There is also an apparent slight increase of the ADF in the inner 40" around theta^1 Ori C. We find a negative radial gradient of T([O III]) and T([N II]) in the nebula based on the projected distance from theta^1 Ori C. We explore the behavior of the ADF of O^{++} with respect to other nebular quantities, finding that it seems to increase very slightly with the electron temperature. Finally, we estimate the value of the mean-square electron temperature fluctuation, the so-called t^2 parameter. Our results indicate that the hypothetical thermal inhomogeneities --if they exist-- should be smaller than our spatial resolution element.

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