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核膨胀附近复杂多变的近红外消光

The complex, variable near infrared extinction towards the Nuclear Bulge

Andrew J. Gosling, Reba M. Bandyopadhyay, Katherine M. Blundell

摘要:

使用深J,H和KS波段的观测,我们研究了近红外(NIR)消光的核隆起(NB),我们发现显着的,复杂的变化在小的物理尺度。我们已经采用了一种新的可变近红外颜色过剩的方法,V-NICE,来测量消光,这种方法允许在非常小的物理尺度上的消光定律参数α和绝对消光的程度的变化。我们看到这两个参数在5角秒的尺度上有显著的变化。在我们观察到的领域,代表了一个随机样本的视线到NB,我们测量α为2.64 +- 0.52,相比之下,规范的“通用”值为2。我们测得的A_Ks值与以前测得的结果相似(1 < A_Ks < 4.5);然而,消光定律越陡,A_J值越高(4.5 < A_J < 10),A_H值越高(1.5 < A_H < 6.5)。只有当消光定律被允许在最小尺度上变化时,我们才能在每个波长处恢复绝对消光的自洽措施,从而使NB中的场星测光的精确红化校正成为可能。更陡的消光定律斜率也表明,可能需要重新考虑以前的近红外消光到A_V的转换。最后,我们发现,消光的测量值显着依赖于用于获得数据的仪器的滤波器传输函数。在合并或比较来自不同工具的数据时必须考虑到这一影响。

英文摘要:

Using deep J, H and Ks-band observations, we have studied the near-infrared (nIR) extinction of the Nuclear Bulge (NB) and we find significant, complex variations on small physical scales. We have applied a new variable nIR colour excess method, V-NICE, to measure the extinction; this method allows for variation in both the extinction law parameter alpha and the degree of absolute extinction on very small physical scales. We see significant variation in both these parameters on scales of 5 arcsec. In our observed fields, representing a random sample of sight lines to the NB, we measure alpha to be 2.64 +- 0.52, compared to the canonical "universal" value of 2. Our measured levels of A_Ks are similar to previously measured results (1 < A_Ks < 4.5); however, the steeper extinction law results in higher values for A_J (4.5 < A_J < 10) and A_H (1.5 < A_H < 6.5). Only when the extinction law is allowed to vary on the smallest scales can we recover self-consistent measures of the absolute extinction at each wavelength, allowing accurate reddening corrections for field star photometry in the NB. The steeper extinction law slope also suggests that previous conversions of nIR extinction to A_V may need to be reconsidered. Finally, we find that the measured values of extinction are significantly dependent on the filter transmission functions of the instrument used to obtain the data. This effect must be taken into account when combining or comparing data from different instruments.

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