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阿雷西沃HII地区发现调查

The Arecibo HII Region Discovery Survey

T. M. Bania, L. D. Anderson, Dana S. Balser

摘要:

本文报道了利用Arecibo天文台在X波段(9GHz,3cm)从银河系66度带37个未知的HII区探测到的射电复合线发射(RRL)。> l > 31 deg.和|b| < 1度。阿雷西博HII地区发现巡天(Arecibo HRDS)是绿岸望远镜(GBT)HRDS的延续。Arecibo HRDS的目标具有空间上一致的24微米和20 cm发射,具有相似的角形态和范围。为了利用阿雷西博的灵敏度和小光束尺寸,与GBT HRDS相比,该样品中的源更暗,角度更小,或者在更拥挤的区域中。这些阿雷西博星云是在RRL发射中探测到的最暗的HII区域。我们的检测率为58%,与GBT HRDS目标的95%检测率相比较低。我们推导出运动学距离23阿雷西博HRDS检测。有四个星云的LSR速度为负,因此它们无疑位于银河系的外侧。其余的源位于切点距离处或更远。我们确定了一个大的,弥漫性的HII区复杂的,有一个相关的HI和13 CO壳。这个复合体中直径约为90 pc的G52L星云可能是已知的最大的银河系HII区域,但它已经逃脱了以前的探测。

英文摘要:

We report the detection of radio recombination line emission (RRL) using the Arecibo Observatory at X-band (9GHz, 3cm) from 37 previously unknown HII regions in the Galactic zone 66 deg. > l > 31 deg. and |b| < 1 deg. This Arecibo HII Region Discovery Survey (Arecibo HRDS) is a continuation of the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) HRDS. The targets for the Arecibo HRDS have spatially coincident 24 micron and 20 cm emission of a similar angular morphology and extent. To take advantage of Arecibo's sensitivity and small beam size, sources in this sample are fainter, smaller in angle, or in more crowded fields compared to those of the GBT HRDS. These Arecibo nebulae are some of the faintest HII regions ever detected in RRL emission. Our detection rate is 58%, which is low compared to the 95% detection rate for GBT HRDS targets. We derive kinematic distances to 23 of the Arecibo HRDS detections. Four nebulae have negative LSR velocities and are thus unambiguously in the outer Galaxy. The remaining sources are at the tangent point distance or farther. We identify a large, diffuse HII region complex that has an associated HI and 13CO shell. The ~90 pc diameter of the G52L nebula in this complex may be the largest Galactic HII region known, and yet it has escaped previous detection.

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