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沿W51视线扩散云的化学分析:分子分数和Cosmic-Ray电离率

Chemical Analysis of a Diffuse Cloud along a Line of Sight Toward W51: Molecular Fraction and Cosmic-Ray Ionization Rate

Nick Indriolo, D. A. Neufeld, M. Gerin, T. R. Geballe, J. H. Black, K. M. Menten, J. R. Goicoechea

摘要:

分子OH+,H2O+,和H3+的吸收线已被观察到在扩散的分子云沿视线W51 IRS 2附近。我们提出了第一个化学分析,结合了所有这三个物种提供的信息。OH+和H2O+一起被用来确定观测到的云外围的分子氢分数,以及原子氢的宇宙射线电离率。H3+被用来推断H2在星云分子内部的宇宙射线电离率,我们发现它是zeta_2=(4.8+-3.4 x10 ^-16/秒。结合所有三种物质的结果,我们发现一个效率因子--定义为OH+的形成速率与H的宇宙射线电离速率之比--=0.07+-0.04,远低于化学模型的预测。这是未来使用OH+和H2O+作为宇宙射线电离率示踪剂的重要一步。

英文摘要:

Absorption lines from the molecules OH+, H2O+, and H3+ have been observed in a diffuse molecular cloud along a line of sight near W51 IRS2. We present the first chemical analysis that combines the information provided by all three of these species. Together, OH+ and H2O+ are used to determine the molecular hydrogen fraction in the outskirts of the observed cloud, as well as the cosmic-ray ionization rate of atomic hydrogen. H3+ is used to infer the cosmic-ray ionization rate of H2 in the molecular interior of the cloud, which we find to be zeta_2=(4.8+-3.4)x10^-16 per second. Combining the results from all three species we find an efficiency factor---defined as the ratio of the formation rate of OH+ to the cosmic-ray ionization rate of H---of epsilon=0.07+-0.04, much lower than predicted by chemical models. This is an important step in the future use of OH+ and H2O+ on their own as tracers of the cosmic-ray ionization rate.

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