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大麦云云中的超巨壳结构

Structure of Supergiant Shells in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Laura G. Book, You-Hua Chu, Robert A. Gruendl

摘要:

在大麦云(LMC)中,根据H-α图像已经识别出9个超巨星壳层(SGS),根据HI 21-cm线观测报告了23个SGS,但这些集合并不总是识别出相同的结构。我们已经研究了物理结构的光学识别的SGS使用HI通道图和P-V图分析气体运动学。有很好的证据表明,九个光学鉴定的SGS中有七个是真正的贝壳。在这七个H-α SGS中,四个是HI SGS的电离内壁,而三个是更大和更复杂的HI结构的电离部分。所有的H-α SGS都被确定为这样,因为它们沿着外围或在中心具有OB协会,年轻的OB协会更经常沿着外围发现。大约1200万年后,如果没有新的OB协会已经形成,SGS将停止在可见光波长可识别。因此,电离源的存在和位置是仅在HI中看到的壳和在H-α中也看到的壳之间的主要区别。根据我们的分析,单靠H-alpha观测无法明确识别SGS,特别是在遥远的星系中。

英文摘要:

Nine supergiant shells (SGSs) have been identified in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) based on H-alpha images, and twenty-three SGSs have been reported based on HI 21-cm line observations, but these sets do not always identify the same structures. We have examined the physical structure of the optically identified SGSs using HI channel maps and P-V diagrams to analyze the gas kinematics. There is good evidence for seven of the nine optically identified SGSs to be true shells. Of these seven H-alpha SGSs, four are the ionized inner walls of HI SGSs, while three are an ionized portion of a larger and more complex HI structure. All of the H-alpha SGSs are identified as such because they have OB associations along the periphery or in the center, with younger OB associations more often found along the periphery. After roughly 12 Myrs, if no new OB associations have been formed a SGS will cease to be identifiable at visible wavelengths. Thus, the presence and location of ionizing sources is the main distinction between shells seen only in HI and those also seen in H-alpha. Based on our analysis, H-alpha observations alone cannot unambiguously identify SGSs, especially in distant galaxies.

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