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北半球小麦哲伦云低质量分子组分的特征

Characterizing the Low-Mass Molecular Component in the Northern Small Magellanic Cloud

E. Muller, J. Ott, A. Hughes, J. Pineda, T. Wong, N. Mizuno, A. Kawamura, Y. Mizuno, Y. Fukui, T. Onishi, M. Rubio

摘要:

我们在这里提出的第一个结果,从一个高分辨率的调查12 CO(J=1-0)排放整个北部的贫富集小麦哲伦云,与ATNF Mopra望远镜。在较低分辨率的NANTEN巡天中探测到的三个分子复合体被绘制成图,其束流半高宽约为42“,灵敏度约为210 mK/0.9 km/s通道,将每个复合体分解成4-7个质量在Mvir~10^3-4 Msol范围内、半径不大于16 pc的小云团。北部SMC CO云遵循与南部SMC人口相似的经验关系,但它们的大小相对较暗,这表明SMC中的恒星形成环境并不均匀。我们的数据还表明,CO云系在<30 pc的尺度上几乎没有或没有扩展的CO包络,进一步证明了北SMC中的弱CO成分正在被穿透的UV辐射分离。新的高分辨率数据提供了证据的CO集成亮度与集成HI和UM排放的变量相关性,特别是CO是经常,但并不总是,发现符合UM排放的峰值,验证需要匹配分辨率UM和HI数据的SMC H2质量的完整评估。

英文摘要:

We present here the first results from a high-resolution survey of the 12CO(J=1-0) emission across the northern part of the poorly-enriched Small Magellanic Cloud, made with the ATNF Mopra telescope. Three molecular complexes detected in the lower resolution NANTEN survey are mapped with a beam FWHM of ~42'', to sensitivities of approximately 210 mK per 0.9 km/s channel, resolving each complex into 4-7 small clouds of masses in the range of Mvir~10^3-4 Msol and with radii no larger than 16 pc. The northern SMC CO clouds follow similar empirical relationships to the southern SMC population, yet they appear relatively under-luminous for their size, suggesting that the star-forming environment in the SMC is not homogeneous. Our data also suggests that the CO cloud population has little or no extended CO envelope on scales<30 pc, further evidence that the weak CO component in the north SMC is being disassociated by penetrating UV radiation. The new high-resolution data provide evidence for a variable correlation of the CO integrated brightness with integrated HI and um emission; in particular CO is often, but not always, found coincident with peaks of um emission, verifying the need for matching-resolution um and HI data for a complete assessment of the SMC H2 mass.

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