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利用宇宙射线加工多环芳烃

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon processing by cosmic rays

E. R. Micelotta, A. P. Jones, A. G. G. M. Tielens

摘要:

背景:宇宙射线几乎存在于ISM的所有阶段。多环芳烃和宇宙射线是星际介质中含量丰富、无处不在的组成部分。然而,它们之间的相互作用从来没有得到充分的研究。目的:研究宇宙线离子(H、He、CNO和Fe-Co-Ni)和电子轰击对银河系和河外环境中多环芳烃的影响。研究方法:计算了正常星系、星暴星系和冷流星系团中能量在5 MeV/核子和10 GeV之间的多环芳烃与宇宙线离子和电子碰撞的核和电子相互作用。结果如下:宇宙射线离子破坏PAH的时间尺度取决于电子激发能Eo和可用于解离的能量。小的多环芳烃被破坏得更快,He和CNO基团是更有效的抛射体。对于电子碰撞,寿命是独立的PAH的大小和变化的阈值能量。结论:宇宙射线处理弥漫云中的多环芳烃,由于星际冲击的破坏效率较低。在充满热气体的星系晕、星暴星系的外流和团内介质中,PAH的破坏主要是通过与热离子和电子的碰撞来实现的,但如果分子处于致密的小云中并与热气体隔离,这种机制就无效了。宇宙射线可以进入更密集的云层,并与X射线一起确定这些受保护的多环芳烃的寿命。这就限制了多环芳烃作为一种“染料”用于追踪冷夹带物质的存在。

英文摘要:

Context: Cosmic rays are present in almost all phases of the ISM. PAHs and cosmic rays represent an abundant and ubiquitous component of the interstellar medium. However, the interaction between them has never before been fully investigated. Aims: To study the effects of cosmic ray ion (H, He, CNO and Fe-Co-Ni) and electron bombardment of PAHs in galactic and extragalactic environments. Methods: We calculate the nuclear and electronic interactions for collisions between PAHs and cosmic ray ions and electrons with energies between 5 MeV/nucleon and 10 GeV, above the threshold for carbon atom loss, in normal galaxies, starburst galaxies and cooling flow galaxy clusters. Results: The timescale for PAH destruction by cosmic ray ions depends on the electronic excitation energy Eo and on the amount of energy available for dissociation. Small PAHs are destroyed faster, with He and the CNO group being the more effective projectiles. For electron collisions, the lifetime is independent of the PAH size and varies with the threshold energy To. Conclusions: Cosmic rays process the PAHs in diffuse clouds, where the destruction due to interstellar shocks is less efficient. In the hot gas filling galactic halos, outflows of starburst galaxies and intra-cluster medium, PAH destruction is dominated by collisions with thermal ions and electrons, but this mechanism is ineffective if the molecules are in denser cloudlets and isolated from the hot gas. Cosmic rays can access the denser clouds and together with X-rays will set the lifetime of those protected PAHs. This limits the use of PAHs as a`dye' for tracing the presence of cold entrained material.

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