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星际气体II中的氮。对W49N和G10-0.4(W31C)的Herschel/HIFI观测的分析

Nitrogen hydrides in interstellar gas II. Analysis of Herschel/HIFI observations towards W49N and G10.6-0.4 (W31C)

C. M. Persson, M. De Luca, B. Mookerjea, A. O. H. Olofsson, J. H. Black, M. Gerin, E. Herbst, T. A. Bell, A. Coutens, B. Godard, J. R. Goicoechea, G. E. Hassel,… 展开作者

C. M. Persson, M. De Luca, B. Mookerjea, A. O. H. Olofsson, J. H. Black, M. Gerin, E. Herbst, T. A. Bell, A. Coutens, B. Godard, J. R. Goicoechea, G. E. Hassel, P. Hily-Blant, K. M. Menten, H. S. P Muller, J. C. Pearson, S. Yu

摘要:

我们使用Herschel-HIFI仪器沿视线向W 49 N和G10.6-0.4观测了星际氮的扩散,以阐明扩散气体中含氮物质的产生途径。所有的探测结果都显示了前景物质在很宽的速度范围内的吸收,以及与热核源本身直接相关的吸收。与先前发表的对G10.6-0.4的观测结果一样,对W 49 N的NH、NH 2和NH3光谱显示出惊人相似的非饱和吸收特征。我们将前景物质对W 49 N的吸收分解为不同的速度分量,以研究速度分量之间的相对丰度是否变化,此外,我们以相同的方式重新分析了对G10.6-0.4的吸收线。丰度,相对于分子氢,在每个速度分量估计使用CH。分析指出,共存的扩散或半透明的星际气体与高分子分数的氮bridges。对这两个来源,我们发现,NH总是至少丰富的o-NH 2和o-NH3,在鲜明的对比,以前的结果为乌云。我们发现相对恒定的N(NH)/N(o-NH3)和N(o-NH 2)/N(o-NH3)比值,W 49 N的平均值分别为3.2和1.9,G10.6-0.4的平均值分别为5.4和2.2。两种来源的o-NH3平均丰度约为2x 10 ^-9。氮的丰度也显示出与CN和HNC对两种来源的线性相关性,与CH的相关性较弱。NH+丰度的上限表明柱密度< 2 - 14%的N(NH)。在两种来源中发现氨邻位与对位比率的值令人惊讶地低,约0.5 - 0.7 +-0.1。这一结果无法用当前的模型来解释,因为我们曾期望找到一个统一或更高的值。

英文摘要:

We have used the Herschel-HIFI instrument to observe interstellar nitrogen hydrides along the sight-lines towards W49N and G10.6-0.4 in order to elucidate the production pathways leading to nitrogen-bearing species in diffuse gas. All detections show absorption by foreground material over a wide range of velocities, as well as absorption associated directly with the hot-core source itself. As in the previously published observations towards G10.6-0.4, the NH, NH2 and NH3 spectra towards W49N show strikingly similar and non-saturated absorption features. We decompose the absorption of the foreground material towards W49N into different velocity components in order to investigate whether the relative abundances vary among the velocity components, and, in addition, we re-analyse the absorption lines towards G10.6-0.4 in the same manner. Abundances, with respect to molecular hydrogen, in each velocity component are estimated using CH. The analysis points to a co-existence of the nitrogen hydrides in diffuse or translucent interstellar gas with a high molecular fraction. Towards both sources, we find that NH is always at least as abundant as both o-NH2 and o-NH3, in sharp contrast to previous results for dark clouds. We find relatively constant N(NH)/N(o-NH3) and N(o-NH2)/N(o-NH3) ratios with mean values of 3.2 and 1.9 towards W49N, and 5.4 and 2.2 towards G10.6-0.4, respectively. The mean abundance of o-NH3 is ~2x10^-9 towards both sources. The nitrogen hydrides also show linear correlations with CN and HNC towards both sources, and looser correlations with CH. The upper limits on the NH+ abundance indicate column densities < 2 - 14 % of N(NH). Surprisingly low values of the ammonia ortho-to-para ratio are found in both sources, ~0.5 - 0.7 +- 0.1. This result cannot be explained by current models as we had expected to find a value of unity or higher.

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