本文利用斯皮策空间望远镜的红外光谱仪研究了低金属丰度（~0.2太阳）的巨大HII区N66的中红外点源和弥漫星际介质（ISM）。我们研究了14个有针对性的红外点源，以及光谱的扩散ISM是代表的光解离区域（PDR）和HII区域。在点源光谱，我们光谱确认，最明亮的中红外点源是一个大规模的嵌入式年轻恒星的对象，我们检测到硅酸盐的发射与两个年轻的星团，我们观察到光谱特征的一个已知的B[e]超巨星，更常见的是与赫比格Be星。在漫ISM中，我们提供了额外的证据表明，非常小的颗粒人口被光破坏的硬辐射场。11.3 μ m PAH复合物发射在点源和ISM光谱中都表现出无法解释的质心偏移，应在更高的信噪比和分辨率下进行研究。与其他地区的研究不同，6.2微米和7.7微米波段的通量是解耦的;数据点覆盖了I6.2/I11.3比值的窄带内的I7.7/I11.3 PAH比值的大范围。此外，在PAH电离中存在扩散，在辐射场相对较软的密集PDR中更中性，但在扩散ISM/PDR中电离。相比之下，PAH的尺寸分布似乎是独立的本地电离状态。对于河外低金属丰度恒星形成区尚未解决的研究很重要，我们发现来自红外亮点源的发射仅占整个区域PAH发射的20-35%。这些结果与其他具有类似硬辐射场和强辐射场的恒星形成区域进行了比较。
英文摘要：
(abridged)The focus of this work is to study mid-infrared point sources and the diffuse interstellar medium (ISM) in the low-metallicity (~0.2 solar) giant HII region N66 using the Spitzer Space Telescope's Infrared Spectrograph. We study 14 targeted infrared point sources as well as spectra of the diffuse ISM that is representative of both the photodissociation regions (PDRs) and the HII regions. Among the point source spectra, we spectroscopically confirm that the brightest mid-infrared point source is a massive embedded young stellar object, we detect silicates in emission associated with two young stellar clusters, and we observe spectral features of a known B[e] supergiant that are more commonly associated with Herbig Be stars. In the diffuse ISM, we provide additional evidence that the very small grain population is being photodestroyed in the hard radiation field. The 11.3 um PAH complex emission exhibits an unexplained centroid shift in both the point source and ISM spectra that should be investigated at higher signal-to-noise and resolution. Unlike studies of other regions, the 6.2 um and 7.7 um band fluxes are decoupled; the data points cover a large range of I7.7/I11.3 PAH ratio values within a narrow band of I6.2/I11.3 ratio values. Furthermore, there is a spread in PAH ionization, being more neutral in the dense PDR where the radiation field is relatively soft, but ionized in the diffuse ISM/PDR. By contrast, the PAH size distribution appears to be independent of local ionization state. Important to unresolved studies of extragalactic low-metallicity star-forming regions, we find that emission from the infrared-bright point sources accounts for only 20-35% of the PAH emission from the entire region. These results make a comparative dataset to other star-forming regions with similarly hard and strong radiation fields.
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Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica – Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste（意大利国家天体物理研究所的的里雅斯特天文台）；IUCAA（印度大学天体物理学与宇宙学中心）；School of Physical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research（国家科学教育研究学院物理科学学院）；Homi Bhabha National Institute（霍米·巴巴国立研究所）
