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SPEAR FUV地图对我们理解ISM的意义

Implications of the SPEAR FUV Maps on Our Understanding of the ISM

Eric J. Korpela, Martin Sirk, Jerry Edelstein, Kwangil Seon, Kyoung-Wook Min, Wonyong Han

摘要:

低密度转变温度(10^4.5 - 10^5.5 K)的气体在星际介质中的分布传达了银河系中扩散物质的特征和演化。ISM的这种难以观察的成分主要在远紫外(FUV)(912-1800 nm)波段发射。我们描述了光谱图的FUV发射线的高度电离的物种CIV和OVI可能是占主导地位的冷却机制的过渡温度的气体在ISM。这些地图是使用2003年发射的SPRAY轨道分光计获得的,SPRAY观测了FUV天空,光谱分辨率为\sim 550,角分辨率为10“。我们比较了这些地图中的流量分布与转变温度气体分布的三个基本模型。我们发现,CIV和OVI排放的中位数分布是一致的空间分布和线比预期从麦基Ostriker(MO)型模型的蒸发界面。然而,强度比在MO优选参数下预期的强度高三倍。一些高强度区域显然与超新星遗迹和超级气泡结构有关。其它的可以指示气体冷却通过转变温度的区域。

英文摘要:

The distribution of a low-density transition temperature (10^4.5 - 10^5.5 K) gas in the interstellar medium conveys the character and evolution of diffuse matter in the Galaxy. This difficult to observe component of the ISM emits mainly in the far-ultraviolet (FUV) (912-1800 Å) band. We describe spectral maps of FUV emission lines from the highly ionized species CIV and OVI likely to be the dominant cooling mechanisms of transition temperature gas in the ISM. The maps were obtained using an orbital spectrometer, SPEAR, that was launched in 2003 and has observed the FUV sky with a spectral resolution of \sim 550 and an angular resolution of 10'. We compare distribution of flux in these maps with three basic models of the distribution of transition temperature gas. We find that the median distribution of CIV and OVI emission is consistent with the spatial distribution and line ratios expected from a McKee-Ostriker (MO) type model of evaporative interfaces. However, the intensities are a factor of three higher than would be expected at the MO preferred parameters. Some high intensity regions are clearly associated with supernova remnants and superbubble structures. Others may indicate regions where gas is cooling through the transition temperature.

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