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小麦哲伦云尾的尘气比

The Dust-to-Gas Ratio in the Small Magellanic Cloud Tail

K. D. Gordon, C. Bot, E. Muller, K. A. Misselt, A. Bolatto, J. -P. Bernard, W. Reach, C. W. Engelbracht, B. Babler, S. Bracker, M. Block, G. C. Clayton, J. Hora… 展开作者

K. D. Gordon, C. Bot, E. Muller, K. A. Misselt, A. Bolatto, J. -P. Bernard, W. Reach, C. W. Engelbracht, B. Babler, S. Bracker, M. Block, G. C. Clayton, J. Hora, R. Indebetouw, F. P. Israel, A. Li, S. Madden, M. Meade, M. Meixner, M. Sewilo, B. Shiao, L. J. Smith, J. Th. van Loon, B. A. Whitney

摘要:

小麦哲伦云的尾部区域是使用斯皮策太空望远镜上的MIPS仪器成像的,作为SAGE-SMC斯皮策遗产的一部分。在所有的MIPS波段都探测到了尘埃的漫射红外辐射。使用MIPS观测结合现有的IRAS和HI观测,测得尾气-尘埃比为1200 +/- 350。这一气尘比高于根据已知的Tail金属丰度预计的500-800,表明尘埃颗粒可能遭到破坏。在MIPS观测中,尾部的两个星团区域被分解为多个来源,当地的气尘比测量为~440和~250,表明这些区域有尘埃形成和/或大量的电离气体。这些结果支持了SMC尾是最近从SMC剥离的潮汐尾的解释,其中包括气体,尘埃和年轻恒星。

英文摘要:

The Tail region of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) was imaged using the MIPS instrument on the Spitzer Space Telescope as part of the SAGE-SMC Spitzer Legacy. Diffuse infrared emission from dust was detected in all the MIPS bands. The Tail gas-to-dust ratio was measured to be 1200 +/- 350 using the MIPS observations combined with existing IRAS and HI observations. This gas-to-dust ratio is higher than the expected 500-800 from the known Tail metallicity indicating possible destruction of dust grains. Two cluster regions in the Tail were resolved into multiple sources in the MIPS observations and local gas-to-dust ratios were measured to be ~440 and ~250 suggests dust formation and/or significant amounts of ionized gas in these regions. These results support the interpretation that the SMC Tail is a tidal tail recently stripped from the SMC that includes gas, dust, and young stars.

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