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NGC 7023中碳纳米颗粒的扩展红光发射和演化

Extended Red Emission and the evolution of carbonaceaous nanograins in NGC 7023

O. Berne, C. Joblin, M. Rapacioli, J. Thomas, J. -C. Cuillandre, Y. Deville

摘要:

扩展红光发射(ERE)最近被归因于双电离多环芳烃(PAH $^{++}$)或带电PAH二聚体的光致发光。本文分析了反射星云NGC 7023的西北和南部光离解区的可见光和中红外尘埃辐射。利用盲信号分离方法,从哈勃望远镜和加拿大-法国-夏威夷望远镜的图像中提取了ERE图。我们比较了提取的ERE图像的中红外发射的分布图的非常小的颗粒(VSGs),中性和电离的多环芳烃(PAH $^0$和PAH $^+$)与斯皮策太空望远镜和红外空间天文台。ERE在VSG被光蒸发以形成游离PAH分子的过渡区域中占主导地位,而在PAH $^+$占主导地位的区域中未观察到。它的载流子对中红外发射光谱的贡献很小。这些结果表明,ERE载体是一个过渡物种的破坏过程中形成的VSGs。单离子化PAH二聚体似乎是很好的候选者,但PAH $^{++}$分子似乎被排除在外。

英文摘要:

Extended Red Emission (ERE) was recently attributed to the photo-luminescence of either doubly ionized Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH$^{++}$), or charged PAH dimers. We analysed the visible and mid-infrared (mid-IR) dust emission in the North-West and South photo-dissociation regions of the reflection nebula NGC 7023.Using a blind signal separation method, we extracted the map of ERE from images obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope, and at the Canada France Hawaii Telescope. We compared the extracted ERE image to the distribution maps of the mid-IR emission of Very Small Grains (VSGs), neutral and ionized PAHs (PAH$^0$ and PAH$^+$) obtained with the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Infrared Space Observatory. ERE is dominant in transition regions where VSGs are being photo-evaporated to form free PAH molecules, and is not observed in regions dominated by PAH$^+$. Its carrier makes a minor contribution to the mid-IR emission spectrum. These results suggest that the ERE carrier is a transition species formed during the destruction of VSGs. Singly ionized PAH dimers appear as good candidates but PAH$^{++}$ molecules seem to be excluded.

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