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H3 +朝向银河系中心源III的吸收线巡天。暖云和扩散云的范围

Absorption Line Survey of H3+ toward the Galactic Center Sources III. Extent of the Warm and Diffuse Clouds

M. Goto, T. Usuda, T. R. Geballe, N. Indriolo, B. J. McCall, Th. Henning, T. Oka

摘要:

Geballe & Oka(2010)在2 MASS J17432173-2951430(J1743)和2 MASS J17470898-2829561(J1747)的视线上发现了离银河系中心(GC)约100 pc的高H3+柱密度。为了观察H3+的两个关键跃迁R(3,3)l和R(2,2)l,这些视线上的波长覆盖范围已经被扩展,这两个跃迁限制了环境的温度和密度。H3+ R(3,3)l线的轮廓(其仅归因于GC中的气体)与H3+ R(1,1)l和CO线轮廓之间的差异紧密匹配,正如其对于先前在GC中研究的视线所做的那样。在J1747中,H3+的R(2,2)l线的吸收存在于-60和+100 km/s之间的速度。这是继中央星团GCIRS 3之后,在星际介质中第二次清楚地探测到这条线。在这个速度范围内的吸收气体的温度是350 K,显着温暖比在中央分子区的其他部分的扩散云。这表明Sgr B分子云复合物的吸收气体是局部的。Oka et al.(2005)发现的温暖弥漫的气体显然延伸到约100 pc,但有迹象表明它的温度在J1743的视线中比GC的其他地方略低。本文将H_3 ~+向J1747方向的观测结果与最近Herschel观测到的H_2O ~+向Sgr B_2方向的观测结果进行了比较,讨论了它们之间的化学关系和非常相似的速度剖面。

英文摘要:

We present follow-up observations to those of Geballe & Oka (2010), who found high column densities of H3+ ~100 pc off of the Galactic center (GC) on the lines of sight to 2MASS J17432173-2951430 (J1743) and 2MASS J17470898-2829561 (J1747). The wavelength coverages on these sightlines have been extended in order to observe two key transitions of H3+, R(3,3)l and R(2,2)l, that constrain the temperatures and densities of the environments. The profiles of the H3+ R(3,3)l line, which is due only to gas in the GC, closely matches the differences between the H3+ R(1,1)l and CO line profiles, just as it does for previously studied sightlines in the GC. Absorption in the R(2,2)l line of H3+ is present in J1747 at velocities between -60 and +100 km/s. This is the second clear detection of this line in the interstellar medium after GCIRS 3 in the Central Cluster. The temperature of the absorbing gas in this velocity range is 350 K, significantly warmer than in the diffuse clouds in other parts of the Central Molecular Zone. This indicates that the absorbing gas is local to Sgr B molecular cloud complex. The warm and diffuse gas revealed by Oka et al. (2005) apparently extends to ~100 pc, but there is a hint that its temperature is somewhat lower in the line of sight to J1743 than elsewhere in the GC. The observation of H3+ toward J1747 is compared with the recent Herschel observation of H2O+ toward Sgr B2 and their chemical relationship and remarkably similar velocity profiles are discussed.

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