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SOFIA/FORCAST的第一个科学成果:紧凑HII区域W3A的中红外视图

First science results from SOFIA/FORCAST: The mid-infrared view of the compact HII region W3A

F. Salgado, O. Berne, J. D. Adams, T. L. Herter, G. Gull, J. Schoenwald, L. D. Keller, J. M. De Buizer, W. D. Vacca, E. E. Becklin, R. Y. Shuping, A. G. G. M., … 展开作者

F. Salgado, O. Berne, J. D. Adams, T. L. Herter, G. Gull, J. Schoenwald, L. D. Keller, J. M. De Buizer, W. D. Vacca, E. E. Becklin, R. Y. Shuping, A. G. G. M., Tielens, H. Zinnecker

摘要:

大质量恒星形成区W3是由SOFIA望远镜(FORCAST)的暗天体红外相机观测的,作为短科学计划的一部分。用6.4、6.6、7.7、19.7、24.2、31.5和37.1 \um带通观察了多环芳烃(PAH)分子、极小颗粒和大颗粒的发射。W3 A的光学深度和色温图显示IRS 2吹出了一个半径为$\sim$ 0.05 pc的没有气体和尘埃的气泡。它嵌入在电离气体的尘埃壳层中,占W3 A总24 \um排放量的40%。这些尘埃成分主要被远紫外线加热,而不是被捕获的Ly $α$光子。这个壳本身被一个薄的($\sim$ 0.01 pc)光解区包围,在那里多环芳烃显示出强烈的发射。红外光谱能量分布(SED)的三个不同的区域位于8,20和25 \arcsec从IRS 2,显示SED的峰值向长波长移动时,远离恒星。采用这三个位置的恒星辐射场,DUSTEM模型拟合这些SED产生的电离气体中的尘埃-气体质量比类似于在弥漫ISM。然而,在电离壳层中的尘埃的IR到UV不透明度的比率与漫射ISM相比增加了$\simeq$ 3倍。

英文摘要:

The massive star forming region W3 was observed with the faint object infrared camera for the SOFIA telescope (FORCAST) as part of the Short Science program. The 6.4, 6.6, 7.7, 19.7, 24.2, 31.5 and 37.1 \um bandpasses were used to observe the emission of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) molecules, Very Small Grains and Big Grains. Optical depth and color temperature maps of W3A show that IRS2 has blown a bubble devoid of gas and dust of $\sim$0.05 pc radius. It is embedded in a dusty shell of ionized gas that contributes 40% of the total 24 \um emission of W3A. This dust component is mostly heated by far ultraviolet, rather than trapped Ly$α$ photons. This shell is itself surrounded by a thin ($\sim$0.01 pc) photodissociation region where PAHs show intense emission. The infrared spectral energy distribution (SED) of three different zones located at 8, 20 and 25\arcsec from IRS2, show that the peak of the SED shifts towards longer wavelengths, when moving away from the star. Adopting the stellar radiation field for these three positions, DUSTEM model fits to these SEDs yield a dust-to-gas mass ratio in the ionized gas similar to that in the diffuse ISM. However, the ratio of the IR-to-UV opacity of the dust in the ionized shell is increased by a factor $\simeq$3 compared to the diffuse ISM.

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