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NGC 891的漫电离晕的红外光谱

Infrared Spectroscopy of the Diffuse Ionized Halo of NGC 891

Richard J. Rand, Kenneth Wood, Robert A. Benjamin

摘要:

我们目前的红外光谱从斯皮策太空望远镜在一个磁盘的位置和两个位置的高度为1千秒差距的磁盘在边缘上的螺旋NGC 891,与研究晕电离的主要目标。我们的主要结果是,[Ne III]/[Ne II]的比率,它提供了一个衡量的硬度的电离光谱的主要问题delingingoptical线比,是加强在extraplanar pointings相对于磁盘指向。使用一个二维蒙特卡洛为基础的光电离代码,占辐射场硬化的影响,我们发现,这种趋势不能被复制的任何合理的光电离模型,和电离的二次源,因此必须在气态晕。我们还提出了第一个光谱检测的面外PAH功能在外部正常星系。如果它们处于指数层,则对于各种特征而言,非常粗略的330-530 pc的发射标度高度是隐含的。消光在中平面中可以是不可忽略的,并且显著地减小这些尺度高度。有一点显着的变化,在相对排放的各种功能之间的磁盘和extraplanar环境。只有17.4微米的功能显着增强的面外气体相比,其他功能,可能表明更大的多环芳烃的光环的偏好。

英文摘要:

We present infrared spectroscopy from the Spitzer Space Telescope at one disk position and two positions at a height of 1 kpc from the disk in the edge-on spiral NGC 891, with the primary goal of studying halo ionization. Our main result is that the [Ne III]/[Ne II] ratio, which provides a measure of the hardness of the ionizing spectrum free from the major problems plaguing optical line ratios, is enhanced in the extraplanar pointings relative to the disk pointing. Using a 2D Monte Carlo-based photo-ionization code which accounts for the effects of radiation field hardening, we find that this trend cannot be reproduced by any plausible photo-ionization model, and that a secondary source of ionization must therefore operate in gaseous halos. We also present the first spectroscopic detections of extraplanar PAH features in an external normal galaxy. If they are in an exponential layer, very rough emission scale-heights of 330-530 pc are implied for the various features. Extinction may be non-negligible in the midplane and reduce these scale-heights significantly. There is little significant variation in the relative emission from the various features between disk and extraplanar environment. Only the 17.4 micron feature is significantly enhanced in the extraplanar gas compared to the other features, possibly indicating a preference for larger PAHs in the halo.

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