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arXiv 0905.3173astro-ph.GA
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星际介质中气相元素贫化的统一表示

A Unified Representation of Gas-Phase Element Depletions in the Interstellar Medium

Edward B. Jenkins

摘要:

在我们银河系局部243条视线上取样的17种不同元素的文献中报告的气相元素丰度的研究表明,仅采用三种参数的趋势非常好地表征了固体形式(尘埃颗粒)的耗尽。一个是描述在任何特定视线中适用于气体的总体消耗水平的指数,另外两个代表线性系数,描述如何从该视线参数导出每个元素的消耗。这项研究的信息揭示了在颗粒生长的不同阶段被纳入灰尘中的不同元素的相对比例。本文提出了一个极其简单的方案,用于推导遥远类星体光谱或伽马射线暴光学余辉中的尘埃含量和吸收线系统的金属丰度。与目前公认的想法相反,硫和氪元素的消耗似乎显示出可测量的变化,因为其他元素的一般消耗水平增加,尽管需要更多的数据来确定这些发现是否真正令人信服。氮似乎没有显示出这种增加。在致密气体区,以固体形式存在的氧远远超过了以硅酸盐或金属氧化物形式存在的氧;这一结论是基于对消耗的差分测量,因此不受太阳丰度参考尺度的不确定性的影响。

英文摘要:

A study of gas-phase element abundances reported in the literature for 17 different elements sampled over 243 sight lines in the local part of our Galaxy reveals that the depletions into solid form (dust grains) are extremely well characterized by trends that employ only three kinds of parameters. One is an index that describes the overall level of depletion applicable to the gas in any particular sight line, and the other two represent linear coefficients that describe how to derive each element's depletion from this sight-line parameter. The information from this study reveals the relative proportions of different elements that are incorporated into dust at different stages of grain growth. An extremely simple scheme is proposed for deriving the dust contents and metallicities of absorption-line systems that are seen in the spectra of distant quasars or the optical afterglows of gamma-ray bursts. Contrary to presently accepted thinking, the elements sulfur and krypton appear to show measurable changes in their depletions as the general levels of depletions of other elements increase, although more data are needed to ascertain whether or not these findings truly compelling. Nitrogen appears to show no such increase. The incorporation of oxygen into solid form in the densest gas regions far exceeds the amounts that can take the form of silicates or metallic oxides; this conclusion is based on differential measurements of depletion and thus is unaffected by uncertainties in the solar abundance reference scale.

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