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朝向大麦云的高速气体的性质和起源

Properties and Origin of the High-Velocity Gas Toward the Large Magellanic Cloud

N. Lehner, L. Staveley-Smith, J. C. Howk

摘要:

在139颗早型大麦云(LMC)星的FUSE和深射电Parkes HI 21-cm观测资料中,寻找并分析了高速气体在+90<v<+175 km/s的吸收和发射。沿着这些视线,高速云(HVC)的HI柱密度范围在<10^18.4 cm ^-2到10^19.2 cm^-2之间。HVC金属吸收的发生率为70%,显著高于HI发射发生率32%。结果表明,HVC的平均金属丰度为[OI/HI] = -0.51(+0.12,-0.16)。没有强有力的证据表明HVC的金属丰度有很大的变化,这意味着这些HVC具有相似的起源,是同一复合体的一部分。HVC金属丰度的平均值和分散度与现今LMC氧丰度比小麦哲伦云或银河系更一致。我们发现平均[SiII/OI] = +0.48(+0.15,- 0.25)和[FeII/OI] = +0.33(+0.14,-0.21),这意味着HVC络合物主要是电离的。HVC复合物具有中性(OI,Fe II),弱电离(Fe II,NII)和高度电离(OVI)成分的多相结构,并有灰尘的证据,但没有分子。所有观察到的性质的HVC可以解释从LMC的能量外流。这是第一个与矮螺旋星系中发生的恒星反馈有关的大型(>10^6 M_sun)HVC复合体的例子。

英文摘要:

In the spectra of 139 early-type Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) stars observed with FUSE and with deep radio Parkes HI 21-cm observations along those stars, we search for and analyze the absorption and emission from high-velocity gas at +90<v<+175 km/s. The HI column density of the high-velocity clouds (HVCs) along these sightlines ranges from <10^18.4 to 10^19.2 cm^-2. The incidence of the HVC metal absorption is 70%, significantly higher than the HI emission occurrence of 32%. We find that the mean metallicity of the HVC is [OI/HI] = -0.51 (+0.12,-0.16). There is no strong evidence for a large variation in the HVC metallicity, implying that thes e HVCs have a similar origin and are part of the same complex. The mean and scatter of the HVC metallicities are more consistent with the present-day LMC oxygen abundance than that of the Small Magellanic Cloud or the Milky Way. We find that on average [SiII/OI] = +0.48 (+0.15,- 0.25) and [FeII/OI] = +0.33 (+0.14,-0.21), implying that the HVC complex is dominantly ionized. The HVC complex has a multiphase structure with a neutral (OI, FeII), weakly ionized (FeII, NII), and highly ionized (OVI) components, and has evidence of dust but no molecules. All the observed properties of the HVC can be explained by an energetic outflow from the LMC. This is the first example of a large (>10^6 M_sun) HVC complex that is linked to stellar feedback occurring in a dwarf spiral galaxy.

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