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局部星际云复合体的起源和物理性质

The Origins and Physical Properties of the Complex of Local Interstellar Clouds

Jonathan D. Slavin

摘要:

局部星际云复合体(CLIC)是一个相对紧密的低密度、温暖、部分电离的云群,位于太阳系约15 pc的范围内。本地星际云(Local Interstellar Cloud,LIC)是在大多数视线上观察到的云,可能是直接围绕我们太阳系的云,其属性设置了日光层的外边界条件。利用邻近恒星的吸收线数据、太阳系航天器上流入星际气体的现场观测以及星际辐射场和辐射转移的理论模型,我们可以推断出LIC的许多特征。我们发现LIC是部分电离的,电子密度适中,n(e)约为0.07 cm^-3。它的温度和电离的组合有利于光电离/热平衡的非平衡冷却云图。LIC中的丰度表明硅酸盐粉尘的中度粉尘破坏,但碳质颗粒的完全破坏。LIC的起源似乎可能是周围介质中的密度增强,而周围介质已经被冲击超越,而它远离Sco-Cen协会的速度表明可能与该区域和Loop I气泡有关。

英文摘要:

The Complex of Local Interstellar Clouds (CLIC) is a relatively tight grouping of low density, warm, partially ionized clouds within about 15 pc of the Solar System. The Local Interstellar Cloud (LIC) is the cloud observed on most lines of sight and may be the cloud that immediately surrounds our Solar System, the properties of which set the outer boundary conditions of the heliosphere. Using absorption line data toward nearby stars, in situ observations of inflowing interstellar gas from spacecraft in the Solar System, and theoretical modeling of the interstellar radiation field and radiative transfer, we can deduce many characteristics of the LIC. We find that the LIC is partially ionized with modest electron density, n(e) ~ 0.07 cm^-3. The combination of its temperature and ionization favor photoionization/thermal equilibrium over a non-equilibrium cooling cloud picture. The abundances in the LIC suggest moderate dust destruction for silicate dust but complete destruction of carbonaceous grains. An origin for the LIC as a density enhancement in the ambient medium that has been overrun by a shock seems likely, while its velocity away from the Sco-Cen association points to a possible connection to that region and the Loop I bubble.

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