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斯皮策对河外H II区的观测- III。NGC 6822与热星、H II区域连接

Spitzer observations of extragalactic H II regions - III. NGC 6822 and the hot star, H II region connection

Robert H. Rubin, Janet P. Simpson, Sean W. J. Colgan, Reginald J. Dufour, Justin Kader, Ian A. McNabb, Adalbert W. A. Pauldrach, Johann A. Weber

摘要:

利用斯皮策空间望远镜红外光谱仪的短高模块,我们测量了矮不规则星系NGC 6822中9个H II区的[S IV] 10.51,[Ne II] 12.81,[Ne III] 15.56和[S III] 18.71微米发射线。这些谱线由元素氖(Ne $^{++}$,Ne $^+$)和硫(S $^{3+}$,S $^{++}$)的主要电离态产生,从而允许分析氖与硫的丰度比以及离子丰度比Ne $^+$ /Ne $^{++}$和S $^{3+}$ /S $^{++}$。通过将我们对M83和M33中H Ⅱ区的研究扩展到较低金属丰度的NGC 6822,我们提高了Ne/S比值估计值的可靠性。我们发现,Ne/S比似乎是相当普遍的,与NGC 6822发现的比例没有太大的变化:中位数(平均)Ne/S比等于11.6(12.2 $\pm$ 0.8)。该值与Asplund et al.目前对太阳的最佳估计值:Ne/S = 6.5。此外,我们继续测试预测的电离光谱能量分布(SED)从不同的恒星大气模型,通过比较模型星云计算与这些SED作为我们的观测数据的输入,改变只是恒星大气模型丰度。在这里,我们采用了一个新的网格的SED计算不同的金属丰度:太阳,0.4太阳,和0.1太阳。正如预期的那样,这些变化的SED显示类似的趋势后,看到的只是改变我们的等离子体模拟中的星云气体金属丰度:较低的金属丰度导致较高的电离。这一趋势与观察相符。

英文摘要:

Using the short-high module of the Infrared Spectrograph on the Spitzer Space Telescope, we have measured the [S IV] 10.51, [Ne II] 12.81, [Ne III] 15.56, and [S III] 18.71-micron emission lines in nine H II regions in the dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 6822. These lines arise from the dominant ionization states of the elements neon (Ne$^{++}$, Ne$^+$) and sulphur (S$^{3+}$, S$^{++}$), thereby allowing an analysis of the neon to sulphur abundance ratio as well as the ionic abundance ratios Ne$^+$/Ne$^{++}$ and S$^{3+}$/S$^{++}$. By extending our studies of H II regions in M83 and M33 to the lower metallicity NGC 6822, we increase the reliability of the estimated Ne/S ratio. We find that the Ne/S ratio appears to be fairly universal, with not much variation about the ratio found for NGC 6822: the median (average) Ne/S ratio equals 11.6 (12.2$\pm$0.8). This value is in contrast to Asplund et al.'s currently best estimated value for the Sun: Ne/S = 6.5. In addition, we continue to test the predicted ionizing spectral energy distributions (SEDs) from various stellar atmosphere models by comparing model nebulae computed with these SEDs as inputs to our observational data, changing just the stellar atmosphere model abundances. Here we employ a new grid of SEDs computed with different metallicities: Solar, 0.4 Solar, and 0.1 Solar. As expected, these changes to the SED show similar trends to those seen upon changing just the nebular gas metallicities in our plasma simulations: lower metallicity results in higher ionization. This trend agrees with the observations.

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