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局域腔内高电离态CIV气体的探测

Detection of highly ionized CIV gas within the Local Cavity

Barry Y. Welsh, Jonathan Wheatley, Oswald H. W. Siegmund, Rosine Lallement

摘要:

本文报道了对B2 Ve星HD 158427(d~ 74 pc)的CIV(1550 A)高电离双线的星际吸收线轮廓的高分辨率(R = 114,000)紫外测量。这些数据是用最近翻新的HST上的STIS仪器记录的,代表了对高度电离的CIV吸收的最令人信服的探测,这些CIV吸收可以与位于局部空腔边界内的星际气体相关联。在两条CIV吸收线上都显示出V1 = -24.3 km/s和V2 = -41.3 km/s的两个高度电离的气体云,其中V1分量几乎可以肯定是由于本地星际云的吸收(d<5 pc)。虽然观测到的两种云成分的柱密度可以用当前的本地星际介质理论模型的预测来解释,但V2线轮廓的窄多普勒宽度(b = 6.8 km/s)表明,对于这种高度电离的成分,气体温度异常低,低于34,000 K。我们认为,V2云可能是由附近的Loop I超泡中的高电离热气体流出所致。这些新数据还表明,由于局部腔中的高度电离气体的吸收可以最好地描述为本质上的“斑块”。

英文摘要:

We present high resolution (R = 114,000) ultraviolet measurements of the interstellar absorption line profiles of the CIV (1550 A) high ionization doublet recorded towards the nearby B2Ve star HD 158427 (d~74pc). These data, which were recorded with the recently re-furbished STIS instrument on the HST, represent the most convincing detection yet of highly ionized CIV absorption that can be associated with interstellar gas located within the boundary of the Local Cavity. Two highly ionized gas clouds at V1 = -24.3 km/s and V2 = -41.3 km/s are revealed in both CIV absorption lines, with the V1 component almost certainly being due to absorption by the Local Interstellar Cloud (d<5pc). Although the observed column densities for both cloud components can be explained by the predictions of current theoretical models of the local interstellar medium, the narrow doppler width of the V2 line-profile (b = 6.8 km/s) indicates an unusually low gas temperature of less than 34,000K for this highly ionized component. It is conjectured that the V2 cloud may be due to an outflow of highly ionized and hot gas from the nearby Loop I superbubble. These new data also indicate that absorption due to highly ionized gas in the Local Cavity can be best described as being 'patchy' in nature.

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