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用eSMA检测PKS 1830-211吸收中的CI

Detection of CI in absorption towards PKS 1830-211 with the eSMA

Sandrine Bottinelli, A. Meredith Hughes, Ewine F. van Dishoeck, Ken H. Young, Richard Chamberlin, Remo P. J. Tilanus, Mark A. Gurwell, David J. Wilner, Huib Jan… 展开作者

Sandrine Bottinelli, A. Meredith Hughes, Ewine F. van Dishoeck, Ken H. Young, Richard Chamberlin, Remo P. J. Tilanus, Mark A. Gurwell, David J. Wilner, Huib Jan van Langevelde, Michiel R. Hogerheijde, Robert D. Christensen, Hiroko Shinnaga, Hiroshige Yoshida

摘要:

我们报告了由SMA(亚毫米阵列),JCMT(詹姆斯克拉克麦克斯韦望远镜)和CSO(加州理工学院亚毫米天文台)组成的“扩展”SMA(eSMA)的第一次科学观测和结果。用角分辨率为0.55“x0.22”的eSMA观测到了CI(^3P_1 - ^3P_0)z=0.886的红移衍射,该衍射在1.1 mm处朝向显着的透镜类星体PKS 1830-211的西南部图像,但在约1”的距离处没有朝向东北部分量。此外,还获得了CO、13 CO和C18 O(J=4-3)的SMA观测结果:在SW组分中也检测到CO,但没有一种同位素。这是第一次在这个物体中检测到[CI],允许在z>0.1的螺旋星系分子云中首次直接确定中性原子碳与CO的相对丰度。[CI]和CO剖面可分别分解为两个和三个速度分量。我们推导出C/CO柱密度比范围从<0.5(代表致密核心)到~2.5(接近半透明云值)。这可能表明我们看到的环境具有不同的物理条件,或者我们正在目睹C尚未完全转化为CO的区域的化学演化。

英文摘要:

We report the first science observations and results obtained with the "extended" SMA (eSMA), which is composed of the SMA (Submillimeter Array), JCMT (James Clerk Maxwell Telescope) and CSO (Caltech Submillimeter Observatory). Redshifted absorptions at z=0.886 of CI (^3P_1 - ^3P_0) were observed with the eSMA with an angular resolution of 0.55"x0.22" at 1.1 mm toward the southwestern image of the remarkable lensed quasar PKS 1830-211, but not toward the northeastern component at a separation of ~1". Additionally, SMA observations of CO, 13CO and C18O (all J=4-3) were obtained toward this object: CO was also detected toward the SW component, but none of the isotopologues were. This is the first time [CI] is detected in this object, allowing the first direct determination of relative abundances of neutral atomic carbon to CO in the molecular clouds of a spiral galaxy at z>0.1. The [CI] and CO profiles can be decomposed into two and three velocity components respectively. We derive C/CO column density ratios ranging from <0.5 (representative of dense cores) to ~2.5 (close to translucent clouds values). This could indicate that we are seeing environments with different physical conditions or that we are witnessing chemical evolution of regions where C has not completely been converted into CO.

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