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在朝向HD 169454的半透明云中探测C $_3$的振动带

Detection of vibronic bands of C$_3$ in a translucent cloud towards HD 169454

M. R. Schmidt, J. Krełowski, G. A. Galazutdinov, D. Zhao, M. A. Haddad, W. Ubachs, H. Linnartz

摘要:

本文报道了在HD~169454的半透明云中探测到八条C $_3$的电子振动带,其中七条在天体物理学中迄今未观测到。其中四个波段也被发现朝向另外两个天体:HD~73882和HD~154368。非常高的信噪比($\sim$ 1000和更高)和高分辨能力($R=80,000$)UVES-VLT光谱(Paranal,Chile)允许检测C $_3$的新光谱特征,甚至在最强波段显示弱扰动特征。这里介绍的工作提供了迄今为止在半透明星际云中检测到的最大碳链的最完整的光谱调查。高品质的实验室光谱的C $_3$测量使用腔衰荡吸收光谱在超音速膨胀的烃等离子体,以支持对HD~169454的识别频带的分析。推断出N(C $_3$)= $(6.6 \pm 0.2) \times 10^{12}$ cm $^{-2}$的柱密度,并且分子的激发表现出两个温度分量:低$J$态的$T_{exc}= 22 \pm 1$ K和高$J$态的$T_{exc}= 187 \pm 25$ K.旋转激发的C $_3$是合理的解释模型涉及的机制,包括非弹性碰撞,形成和破坏的分子,和辐射泵浦在远红外。这些模型产生的气体动力学温度与$T_{exc}$的结果相当。在紫外-蓝色范围3793-4054 nm的光谱特征的分配可能是相关的未来的研究,旨在解开光谱,以确定与弥漫星际带(DIBs)相关的星际分子。

英文摘要:

We report the detection of eight vibronic bands of C$_3$, seven of which have been hitherto unobserved in astrophysical objects, in the translucent cloud towards HD~169454. Four of these bands are also found towards two additional objects: HD~73882 and HD~154368. Very high signal-to-noise ratio ($\sim$1000 and higher) and high resolving power ($R=80,000$) UVES-VLT spectra (Paranal, Chile) allow for detecting novel spectral features of C$_3$, even revealing weak perturbed features in the strongest bands. The work presented here provides the most complete spectroscopic survey of the so far largest carbon chain detected in translucent interstellar clouds. High-quality laboratory spectra of C$_3$ are measured using cavity ring-down absorption spectroscopy in a supersonically expanding hydrocarbon plasma, to support the analysis of the identified bands towards HD~169454. A column density of N(C$_3$) = $(6.6 \pm 0.2) \times 10^{12}$ cm$^{-2}$ is inferred and the excitation of the molecule exhibits two temperature components; $T_{exc}= 22 \pm 1$ K for the low-$J$ states and $T_{exc}= 187 \pm 25$ K for the high-$J$ tail. The rotational excitation of C$_3$ is reasonably well explained by models involving a mechanism including inelastic collisions, formation and destruction of the molecule, and radiative pumping in the far-infrared. These models yield gas kinetic temperatures comparable to those found for $T_{exc}$. The assignment of spectral features in the UV-blue range 3793-4054 Å may be of relevance for future studies aiming at unravelling spectra to identify interstellar molecules associated with the diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs).

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