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碳星IRC +10216周围中性氢壳层的发现

Discovery of a Shell of Neutral Atomic Hydrogen Surrounding the Carbon Star IRC+10216

L. D. Matthews, E. Gerard, T. Le Bertre

摘要:

我们使用了罗伯特C。Byrd Green Bank望远镜将对碳星IRC+10216的拱星包层(CSE)中的中性氢原子(HI)进行迄今为止最灵敏的搜索。我们的观测发现了一个低表面亮度的HI壳层,直径约为1300”(约0.8 pc),中心位于IRC+10216。HI壳的角范围与以前用GALEX卫星探测到的IRC+10216的远紫外线发射天体层相当,其运动学与被当地星际介质减速的星周物质一致。壳似乎完全包围恒星,但最高的HI柱密度是沿着壳的前缘测量的,靠近先前确定的弓形激波的位置。我们估计了与IRC+10216 CSE M_HI~ 3x 10 e-3 M_sun相关的原子氢的总质量。这只是CSE预期总质量的一小部分(<1%),并且与大部分恒星风以分子而不是原子形式起源相一致,正如有效温度T_eff<~2200 K的冷恒星所预期的那样。HI对IRC+10216周围2度x 2度区域的测绘也使我们能够表征该区域的视线星际发射,并揭示了IRC+10216西南部的漫射FUV发射与本地狮子座冷云之间的联系。

英文摘要:

We have used the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope to perform the most sensitive search to date for neutral atomic hydrogen (HI) in the circumstellar envelope (CSE) of the carbon star IRC+10216. Our observations have uncovered a low surface brightness HI shell of diameter ~1300" (~0.8 pc), centered on IRC+10216. The HI shell has an angular extent comparable to the far ultraviolet-emitting astrosphere of IRC+10216 previously detected with the GALEX satellite, and its kinematics are consistent with circumstellar matter that has been decelerated by the local interstellar medium. The shell appears to completely surround the star, but the highest HI column densities are measured along the leading edge of the shell, near the location of a previously identified bow shock. We estimate a total mass of atomic hydrogen associated with IRC+10216 CSE of M_HI~3x10e-3 M_sun. This is only a small fraction of the expected total mass of the CSE (<1%) and is consistent with the bulk of the stellar wind originating in molecular rather than atomic form, as expected for a cool star with an effective temperature T_eff<~2200 K. HI mapping of a 2 deg x 2 deg region surrounding IRC+10216 has also allowed us to characterize the line-of-sight interstellar emission in the region and has uncovered a link between diffuse FUV emission southwest of IRC+10216 and the Local Leo Cold Cloud.

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