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M82中高密度分子气体的普查

A Census of the High-Density Molecular Gas in M82

B. J. Naylor, C. M. Bradford, J. E. Aguirre, J. J. Bock, L. Earle, J. Glenn, H. Inami, J. Kamenetzky, P. R. Maloney, H. Matsuhara, H. T. Nguyen, J. Zmuidzinas

摘要:

我们提出了一个三点研究的分子气体在恒星暴增的核心M82的基础上获得的190 - 307 GHz的光谱与Z-规格在加州理工学院亚毫米波天文台。我们目前的强度测量,检测和上限,为20个过渡,包括几个新的检测CS,HNC,C2 H,H2 CO和CH 3CCH线。我们将我们的测量结果与之前发布的其他频率下的HCN、HNC、CS、C34 S和HCO+测量结果结合起来,进行多物种可能性分析,限制气体质量、密度和温度以及物种的相对丰度。我们发现了一些1.7 - 2.7 x 10^8 M太阳的气体,其nH 2在1 - 6 x 10^4 cm^-3之间,温度大于50 K。虽然质量和温度与从中J CO跃迁推断的值相当,但热压力是10 - 20倍。分子星际介质很大程度上是碎片化的,并且受到星团紫外线的照射。它也可能受到来自超新星的宇宙射线和机械能输入的影响,并且平均比银河系中大质量恒星形成区的分子气体更温暖。M82中心kpc的致密气体的典型条件似乎不利于进一步的恒星形成;如果目前有任何可观的恒星星族正在形成,它们可能会偏向于低质量恒星,产生头重脚轻的初始质量函数。

英文摘要:

We present a three-pointing study of the molecular gas in the starburst nucleus of M82 based on 190 - 307 GHz spectra obtained with Z-Spec at the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory. We present intensity measurements, detections and upper limits, for 20 transitions, including several new detections of CS, HNC, C2H, H2CO, and CH3CCH lines. We combine our measurements with previously-published measurements at other frequencies for HCN, HNC, CS, C34S, and HCO+ in a multi-species likelihood analysis constraining gas mass, density and temperature, and the species' relative abundances. We find some 1.7 - 2.7 x 10^8 M_sun of gas with n_H2 between 1 - 6 x 10^4 cm^-3 and T > 50 K. While the mass and temperature are comparable to values inferred from mid-J CO transitions, the thermal pressure is a factor of 10 - 20 greater. The molecular interstellar medium is largely fragmented and is subject to ultraviolet irradiation from the star clusters. It is also likely subject to cosmic rays and mechanical energy input from the supernovae, and is warmer on average than the molecular gas in the massive star formation regions in the Milky Way. The typical conditions in the dense gas in M82's central kpc appear unfavorable for further star formation; if any appreciable stellar populations are currently forming, they are likely biased against low mass stars, producing a top-heavy initial mass function.

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