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麦哲伦流中的冷气体

Cool Gas in the Magellanic Stream

D. Matthews, L. Staveley-Smith, P. Dyson, E. Muller

摘要:

我们提出了第一个直接探测冷原子气体的麦哲伦流,通过21厘米线吸收对背景射电源,J 0119 - 6809,使用澳大利亚望远镜紧凑阵列。在日心速度为218.6 km/s和227.0 km/s时确定了两个吸收分量,光学深度τ约为0.02。相应的H I发射区的柱密度超过2 x 10^20 cm^{-2}。推测出发射气体的自旋温度约为70 K。我们在对另外三个射电连续谱源的观测中没有发现冷气体。虽然我们已经明确地检测到冷气体流,其自旋温度高于类似的组件在LMC,SMC和桥,其贡献的总H I密度可能较低。没有相应的12 CO(J = 1 -> 0)或尘埃似乎与冷气体有关,这表明云没有形成恒星。

英文摘要:

We present the first direct detection of cold atomic gas in the Magellanic Stream, through 21 cm line absorption toward a background radio source, J0119 - 6809, using the Australia Telescope Compact Array. Two absorption components were identified at heliocentric velocities 218.6 km/s and 227.0 km/s, with optical depths of tau ~ 0.02. The corresponding H I emission region has a column density in excess of 2 x 10^20 cm^{-2}. The inferred spin temperature of the emitting gas is ~70 K. We failed to find cool gas in observations of three other radio continuum sources. Although we have definitively detected cool gas in the Stream, its spin temperature is higher than similar components in the LMC, SMC and Bridge, and its contribution to the total H I density is probably lower. No corresponding 12CO(J = 1 -> 0) or dust appears to be associated with the cool gas, suggesting that the cloud is not forming stars.

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