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模拟银河系中自由电子的分布

Modelling the Galactic distribution of free electrons

D. H. F. M. Schnitzeler

摘要:

在本文中,我们测试了8个模型的自由电子分布在银河系中,已出版的,我们介绍了4个额外的模型,进一步探索可能的模型的参数空间。这些新模型包括一个简单的指数厚盘模型,以及Taylor & Cordes和Cordes & Lazio的模型的更新版本,其中包含更多的扩展厚盘。我们引入的最后一个模型使用观察到的H-α强度作为总电子柱密度的代理,也称为色散度量(DM)。我们使用最新的可用数据集的精确距离(通过视差测量或与球状星团的关联),以优化这些模型中的参数。在Cordes & Lazio模型中为厚盘拟合一个新的标度高度的过程中,我们讨论了为什么这个厚盘不能被Gaensler等人在最近的一篇论文中提出的厚盘所取代。在本文的第二部分中,我们测试了不同的模型在已知距离下预测这些卫星的DM的能力。几乎所有的模型都表现良好,因为它们预测的DM在大约75%的视线范围内的观测DM的1.5-2倍之内。这有点令人惊讶,因为我们测试的模型范围从只包含单个指数厚磁盘的非常简单的模型到非常复杂的模型,如Cordes & Lazio的模型。我们发现,Taylor & Cordes的模型,我们更新了一个更扩展的厚磁盘,始终比我们测试的其他模型表现更好。最后,我们分析了哪些视线具有大多数模型难以预测的DM,这表明我们和脉冲星之间的ISM中存在局部特征。(节略)

英文摘要:

In this paper we test 8 models of the free electron distribution in the Milky Way that have been published previously, and we introduce 4 additional models that explore the parameter space of possible models further. These new models consist of a simple exponential thick disk model, and updated versions of the models by Taylor & Cordes and Cordes & Lazio with more extended thick disks. The final model we introduce uses the observed H-alpha intensity as a proxy for the total electron column density, also known as the dispersion measure (DM). We use the latest available data sets of pulsars with accurate distances (through parallax measurements or association with globular clusters) to optimise the parameters in these models. In the process of fitting a new scale height for the thick disk in the model by Cordes & Lazio we discuss why this thick disk cannot be replaced by the thick disk that Gaensler et al. advocated in a recent paper. In the second part of our paper we test how well the different models can predict the DMs of these pulsars at known distances. Almost all models perform well, in that they predict DMs within a factor of 1.5-2 of the observed DMs for about 75% of the lines of sight. This is somewhat surprising since the models we tested range from very simple models that only contain a single exponential thick disk to very complex models like the model by Cordes & Lazio. We show that the model by Taylor & Cordes that we updated with a more extended thick disk consistently performs better than the other models we tested. Finally, we analyse which sightlines have DMs that prove difficult to predict by most models, which indicates the presence of local features in the ISM between us and the pulsar. (abridged)

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