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暗云中氨的甚大天线阵观测I:气柱密度和温度结构

Very Large Array Observations of Ammonia in Infrared-Dark Clouds I: Column Density and Temperature Structure

Sarah Ragan, Edwin Bergin, David Wilner

摘要:

我们提出了甚大天线阵观测NH3(1,1)和(2,2)在6个红外暗云(IRDC)的样本,距离从2至5千秒差距。我们发现氨是IRDC中致密气体的出色示踪剂,没有显示出耗尽的证据,并且这些云中的平均丰度相对于H2为8.1 x 10^-7。我们的样本由四个24微米嵌入原恒星的IRDC和两个无星的IRDC组成。我们计算了IRDC中气体的动力学温度,发现无星IRDC和成星IRDC之间没有显着差异。我们发现气体的体积在8到13 K之间,这表明任何嵌入或附近的恒星或星团都不会显著影响气体温度。虽然IRDC的温度和体积密度与质量较低的局部恒星形成区相当,但它们的质量要大得多,导致内部压力非常高。为了使IRDC作为相干结构存活下来,内部压力必须通过由它们所在的螺旋臂中的高浓度分子云提供的围压来平衡。高分子浓度和压力与棒星系的气体动力学基本一致。

英文摘要:

We present Very Large Array observations of NH3 (1,1) and (2,2) in a sample of six infrared-dark clouds (IRDCs) with distances from 2 to 5 kpc. We find that ammonia serves as an excellent tracer of dense gas in IRDCs, showing no evidence of depletion, and the average abundance in these clouds is 8.1 x 10^-7 relative to H2. Our sample consists of four IRDCs with 24 micron embedded protostars and two that appear starless. We calculate the kinetic temperature of the gas in IRDCs and find no significant difference between starless and star-forming IRDCs. We find that the bulk of the gas is between 8 and 13 K, indicating that any embedded or nearby stars or clusters do not affect the gas temperature dramatically. Though IRDCs have temperatures and volume densities on par with local star formation regions of lower mass, they consist of much more mass which induces very high internal pressures. In order for IRDCs to survive as coherent structures, the internal pressure must be balanced by a confining pressure provided by the high concentration of molecular clouds in the spiral arm in which they reside. The high molecular concentration and pressure is roughly consistent with gas dynamics of a bar galaxy.

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