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麦哲伦星云中的元素贫化和贫化随金属丰度的演变

Elemental depletions in the Magellanic Clouds and the evolution of depletions with metallicity

Kirill Tchernyshyov, Margaret Meixner, Jonathan Seale, Andrew Fox, Scott D. Friedman, Eli Dwek, Frédéric Galliano, Kenneth Sembach

摘要:

我们提出了一个研究的气体和尘埃的成分在大麦哲伦云和小麦哲伦云(LMC和SMC,一起-的MC)作为测量的紫外吸收光谱。我们已经测量了P II和Fe II沿85视线对MC使用档案FUSE的意见。对于其中的16条视线,我们已经从新的HST COS观测中测量了Si II,Cr II和Zn II。我们结合这些测量与H I和H $_2$柱密度和参考恒星丰度从文献中获得气相丰度,消耗,和气体尘埃比(GDR)。我们的84个P测量值中的80个和我们的16个Zn测量值中的13个被耗尽超过0.1个十年,这表明P和Zn丰度在SMC的金属丰度处和以上不是准确的金属丰度指标。最大的P和Zn消耗是相同的MW,LMC和SMC。Si、Cr和Fe在SMC中比在MW或LMC中系统地更少地耗尽。SMC中的最小Si耗尽与零一致。我们的耗尽衍生的GDR与文献中的GDR大致一致。在一个星系内,GDR随位置的不同而变化,在LMC中变化高达2倍,在SMC中变化高达5倍。这种变化是尘埃在星际介质的弥漫中性阶段被破坏和/或增长的证据。

英文摘要:

We present a study of the composition of gas and dust in the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (LMC and SMC, together -- the MCs) as measured by UV absorption spectroscopy. We have measured P II and Fe II along 85 sightlines toward the MCs using archival FUSE observations. For 16 of those sightlines, we have measured Si II, Cr II, and Zn II from new HST COS observations. We have combined these measurements with H I and H$_2$ column densities and reference stellar abundances from the literature to derive gas-phase abundances, depletions, and gas-to-dust ratios (GDRs). 80 of our 84 P measurements and 13 of our 16 Zn measurements are depleted by more than 0.1 decades, suggesting that P and Zn abundances are not accurate metallicity indicators at and above the metallicity of the SMC. The maximum P and Zn depletions are the same in the MW, LMC, and SMC. Si, Cr, and Fe are systematically less depleted in the SMC than in the MW or LMC. The minimum Si depletion in the SMC is consistent with zero. Our depletion-derived GDRs broadly agree with GDRs from the literature. The GDR varies from location to location within a galaxy by a factor of up to 2 in the LMC and up to 5 in the SMC. This variation is evidence of dust destruction and/or growth in the diffuse neutral phase of the interstellar medium.

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