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分子云中的HI几率分布函数和原子-分子跃迁

The HI Probability Distribution Function and the Atomic-to-Molecular Transition in Molecular Clouds

Nia Imara, Blakesley Burkhart

摘要:

我们表征的列密度概率分布函数(PDF)的原子氢气体,HI,与7个银河系分子云(MC)。我们使用21厘米观测莱顿/阿根廷/波恩银河系HI调查得出列密度图和PDF。我们发现HI PDF的峰出现在约1-2 $\times 10^{21}$ cm $^2$(相当于约0.5-1 mag)的柱密度范围内。PDF均匀狭窄,平均色散为$σ_{HI}\approx 10^{20}$ cm $^2$(~0.1 mag)。我们还调查了HI到H的$_2$过渡到云复合物,并估计HI表面密度范围为7-16 $M_\odot$ pc $^{-2}$在过渡。我们建议,HI PDF是一个合适的工具,用于识别银河系MC中的HI到H $_2$过渡柱。

英文摘要:

We characterize the column density probability distributions functions (PDFs) of the atomic hydrogen gas, HI, associated with seven Galactic molecular clouds (MCs). We use 21 cm observations from the Leiden/Argentine/Bonn Galactic HI Survey to derive column density maps and PDFs. We find that the peaks of the HI PDFs occur at column densities ranging from ~1-2$\times 10^{21}$ cm$^2$ (equivalently, ~0.5-1 mag). The PDFs are uniformly narrow, with a mean dispersion of $σ_{HI}\approx 10^{20}$ cm$^2$ (~0.1 mag). We also investigate the HI-to-H$_2$ transition towards the cloud complexes and estimate HI surface densities ranging from 7-16 $M_\odot$ pc$^{-2}$ at the transition. We propose that the HI PDF is a fitting tool for identifying the HI-to-H$_2$ transition column in Galactic MCs.

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