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星际HD的新FUSE巡天

A New FUSE Survey of Interstellar HD

Theodore P. Snow, Teresa L. Ross, Joshua D. Destree, Meredith M. Drosback, Adam G. Jensen, Brian L. Rachford, Paule Sonnentrucker, Roger Ferlet

摘要:

我们使用档案FUSE数据完成了41条视线范围内的星际HD调查。这是对早期调查的后续行动,以进一步评估HD作为宇宙学探测器的实用性;分析HD的形成过程;并查看数据中存在的其他星际性质的趋势。我们采用生长曲线法,支持线轮廓拟合,推导出准确的列密度的HD。我们发现,N(HD)/2N(H2)的比例是大大低于原子D/H的比例,并得出结论,分子比没有宇宙学的影响,因为本地的过程是负责HD的形成。通过与E(B-V)、H_2、CO和铁亏损的相关分析,我们发现HD是在云的致密部分形成的,logN(HD)/log(H_2)相关系数的斜率大于1.0,这是由于HD的破坏速率比H_2下降得慢所致,并且,作为一个侧面,HD的亏损是与密度有关的。

英文摘要:

We have used archival FUSE data to complete a survey of interstellar HD in 41 lines of sight with a wide range of extinctions. This follow up to an earlier survey was made to further assess the utility of HD as a cosmological probe; to analyze the HD formation process; and to see what trends with other interstellar properties were present in the data. We employed the curve-of-growth method, supported by line profile fitting, to derive accurate column densities of HD. We find that the N(HD)/2N(H2) ratio is substantially lower than the atomic D/H ratio and conclude that the molecular ratio has no bearing on cosmology, because local processes are responsible for the formation of HD. Based on correlations with E(B-V), H2, CO, and iron depletion, we find that HD is formed in the densest portion of the clouds; the slope of the logN(HD)/log(H2) correlation is greater than 1.0, caused by the destruction rate of HD declining more slowly than that of H2; and, as a sidelight, that the depletions are density dependent.

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