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Milky Way中扩散气体的密度概率分布函数

Density probability distribution functions of diffuse gas in the Milky Way

E. M. Berkhuijsen, A. Fletcher

摘要:

为了研究扩散星际介质中气体密度分布的湍流特征,我们确定了扩散气体平均体积密度的概率分布函数(PDF)。这些密度是由色散测量和HI柱密度在已知距离的恒星和恒星上得到的。扩散电离气体(DIG)和扩散原子气体的平均密度的PDF接近对数正态分布,特别是当<5 degrees and |b| >分别考虑|b| =5度的视线时。高|b|时的PDF<n_HI>是低|b|时的PDF的两倍宽。DIG的PDF宽度比相同纬度的温暖HI的PDF宽度小约30%。这里报道的结果提供了强有力的支持对数正态密度PDF的存在,在扩散ISM中,与扩散气体中的密度结构的湍流起源一致。

英文摘要:

In a search for the signature of turbulence in the diffuse interstellar medium in gas density distributions, we determined the probability distribution functions (PDFs) of the average volume densities of the diffuse gas. The densities were derived from dispersion measures and HI column densities towards pulsars and stars at known distances. The PDFs of the average densities of the diffuse ionized gas (DIG) and the diffuse atomic gas are close to lognormal, especially when lines of sight at |b|<5 degrees and |b|>=5 degrees are considered separately. The PDF of <n_HI> at high |b| is twice as wide as that at low |b|. The width of the PDF of the DIG is about 30 per cent smaller than that of the warm HI at the same latitudes. The results reported here provide strong support for the existence of a lognormal density PDF in the diffuse ISM, consistent with a turbulent origin of density structure in the diffuse gas.

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