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多环芳烃在光解区的演化:氢化和电荷态

Evolution of PAHs in photodissociation regions: Hydrogenation and charge states

J. Montillaud, C. Joblin, D. Toublanc

摘要:

各种研究都强调了星际多环芳烃(PAH)的电荷状态和组成的变化在光解区(PDR)的人口。我们的目标是模拟多环芳烃的电荷和氢化状态的空间演化过程。我们重点讨论了NGC 7023的西北(NW)PDR的具体情况,也讨论了弥漫星际介质(ISM)的情况。NGC 7023 NW的物理条件是使用最先进的PDR代码建模的。然后,我们使用一个新的多环芳烃化学演化模型,包括最近的实验数据,多环芳烃和描述多光子事件。我们认为一个家庭的紧凑的多环芳烃轴承多达96个碳原子。计算的电离比与NGC 7023 NW的观测结果符合得很好。在PDR中,多环芳烃演变成三个主要群体:中等大小的多环芳烃(50<Nc<90)通常被氢化,较大的多环芳烃(Nc>90)可以被超氢化,较小的物种(Nc<50)完全脱氢。在最近检测到富勒烯C60的空腔中,所有研究的多环芳烃都被发现迅速完全脱氢。由于多光子事件,多环芳烃的化学演化表现出复杂的非线性行为作为紫外辐射场的函数。稳态氢化的时间尺度范围从小于一年的小多环芳烃,高达10000年的大多环芳烃在Av=1。我们确定了需要更多研究的关键反应。我们的新模型使我们能够合理化的观测约束,没有任何拟合参数。小于50个碳原子的多环芳烃预计不会在NGC 7023 NW PDR中存活。对于扩散ISM也得到了类似的结论。碳团簇是多环芳烃光解离的最终产物,这些团簇的演变需要进一步研究以评估它们对多环芳烃化学和物理演变的影响。

英文摘要:

Various studies have emphasized variations of the charge state and composition of the interstellar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) population in photodissociation regions (PDRs). We aim to model the spatial evolution of the charge and hydrogenation states of PAHs in PDRs. We focus on the specific case of the north-west (NW) PDR of NGC 7023 and also discuss the case of the diffuse interstellar medium (ISM). The physical conditions in NGC 7023 NW are modelled using a state-of-the-art PDR code. We then use a new PAH chemical evolution model that includes recent experimental data on PAHs and describes multiphoton events. We consider a family of compact PAHs bearing up to 96 carbon atoms. The calculated ionization ratio is in good agreement with observations in NGC 7023 NW. Within the PDR, PAHs evolve into three major populations: medium-sized PAHs (50<Nc<90) are normally hydrogenated, larger PAHs (Nc>90) can be superhydrogenated, and smaller species (Nc<50) are fully dehydrogenated. In the cavity, where the fullerene C60 was recently detected, all the studied PAHs are found to be quickly fully dehydrogenated. PAH chemical evolution exhibits a complex non-linear behaviour as a function of the UV radiation field because of multiphoton events. Steady state for hydrogenation is reached on timescales ranging from less than a year for small PAHs, up to 10000 years for large PAHs at Av=1. We identified critical reactions that need more studies. Our new model allows us to rationalize the observational constraints without any fitting parameter. PAHs smaller than 50 carbon atoms are not expected to survive in the NGC 7023 NW PDR. A similar conclusion is obtained for the diffuse ISM. Carbon clusters turn out to be end products of PAH photodissociation, and the evolution of these clusters needs to be investigated further to evaluate their impact on the chemical and physical evolution of PDRs.

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