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星际弥散云中硼的吸收

The Abundance of Boron in Diffuse Interstellar Clouds

A. M. Ritchey, S. R. Federman, Y. Sheffer, D. L. Lambert

摘要:

我们提出了一个全面的调查硼丰度在弥漫的星际云的观测与空间望远镜成像光谱仪(STIS)的哈勃太空望远镜。我们的56条银河系视线的样本是对B II 1362共振线的存档STIS数据进行完整搜索的结果,每个检测都被O I 1355,Cu II 1358和Ga II 1414(可用时)以相同速度吸收的存在所证实。五个以前的测量星际B II戈达德高分辨率摄谱仪观测纳入我们的分析,产生一个合并的样本,超过四倍的视线与显着的硼检测。我们的调查也构成了第一个广泛的分析星际镓从STIS光谱和扩大以前发表的结果氧和铜。观测探测了高密度和低密度的扩散环境,使星际消耗的密度依赖效应能够在每个元素的气相丰度数据中清楚地识别出来。在硼的情况下,增加的相对贫化线的视线密度相当于0.8德克斯之间的丰度差的暖相和冷相的弥漫星际介质。在温暖的低密度气体中,硼的丰度为B/H =(2.4+/-0.6)*10^-10,这意味着相对于陨石硼的丰度,硼的丰度减少了60%。除了耗尽的影响,我们的调查揭示了具有增强的硼丰度的视线,这些硼丰度可能追踪最近产生的11 B,其产生于涉及宇宙射线或中微子的spiritual反应。未来的观测将有助于解开11B合成的两个spectrum通道的相对贡献。

英文摘要:

We present a comprehensive survey of boron abundances in diffuse interstellar clouds from observations made with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) of the Hubble Space Telescope. Our sample of 56 Galactic sight lines is the result of a complete search of archival STIS data for the B II 1362 resonance line, with each detection confirmed by the presence of absorption from O I 1355, Cu II 1358, and Ga II 1414 (when available) at the same velocity. Five previous measurements of interstellar B II from Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph observations are incorporated in our analysis, yielding a combined sample that more than quadruples the number of sight lines with significant boron detections. Our survey also constitutes the first extensive analysis of interstellar gallium from STIS spectra and expands on previously published results for oxygen and copper. The observations probe both high and low-density diffuse environments, allowing the density-dependent effects of interstellar depletion to be clearly identified in the gas-phase abundance data for each element. In the case of boron, the increase in relative depletion with line-of-sight density amounts to an abundance difference of 0.8 dex between the warm and cold phases of the diffuse interstellar medium. The abundance of boron in warm, low-density gas is found to be B/H = (2.4+/-0.6)*10^-10, which represents a depletion of 60% relative to the meteoritic boron abundance. Beyond the effects of depletion, our survey reveals sight lines with enhanced boron abundances that potentially trace the recent production of 11B, resulting from spallation reactions involving either cosmic rays or neutrinos. Future observations will help to disentangle the relative contributions from the two spallation channels for 11B synthesis.

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