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Cas A周围星际介质的结构

Structure of the interstellar medium around Cas A

Yeunjin Kim, G. H. Rieke, O. Krause, K. Misselt, R. Indebetouw, K. E. Johnson

摘要:

我们提出了一个为期三年的系列观测在24微米的斯皮策太空望远镜的星际物质在一个200 × 200弧分平方面积为中心的仙后座A。星际尘埃被超新星爆炸产生的向外光脉冲加热,以紧凑、移动的形式发射出来。它们的连续向外运动使我们能够研究仙后座A后面和附近的星际介质(ISM)的复杂三维结构。ISM由片和丝组成,在秒差距或更小的尺度上有许多结构。ISM的空间功率谱似乎与光谱指数为3.5的分形相似。空间波数k ~ 0.5 crips/pc以上的小结构的填充因子仅为~ 0.4%。

英文摘要:

We present a three-year series of observations at 24 microns with the Spitzer Space Telescope of the interstellar material in a 200 x 200 arcmin square area centered on Cassiopeia A. Interstellar dust heated by the outward light pulse from the supernova explosion emits in the form of compact, moving features. Their sequential outward movements allow us to study the complicated three-dimensional structure of the interstellar medium (ISM) behind and near Cassiopeia A. The ISM consists of sheets and filaments, with many structures on a scale of a parsec or less. The spatial power spectrum of the ISM appears to be similar to that of fractals with a spectral index of 3.5. The filling factor for the small structures above the spatial wavenumber k ~ 0.5 cycles/pc is only ~ 0.4%.

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