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作为HII区辐射转移诊断的8-mic和24-mic尘埃发射

Dust emission at 8-mic and 24-mic as Diagnostics of HII Region Radiative Transfer

M. S. Oey, J. Lopez-Hernandez, J. A. Kellar, E. W. Pellegrini, K. D. Gordon, K. E. Jameson, A. Li, S. C. Madden, M. Meixner, J. Roman-Duval, C. Bot, M. Rubio, A. G. G. M. Tielens

摘要:

我们利用Spitzer SAGE对麦哲伦云的巡天观测来评估8-mic PAH发射、24-mic热尘发射和HII区辐射转移之间的关系。我们证实,在金属丰度较高的大麦云云中,PAH的破坏对星云莱曼连续体中的光学薄条件很敏感:根据星云电离结构确定的光学薄候选天体的平均8 mic表面亮度(0.18 mJy arcsec^-2)比光学厚的对应天体(1.2 mJy arcsec ^-2)低6倍。24 mic的表面亮度还显示了两类天体之间3倍的偏移(分别为0.13 mJy arcsec^-2和0.44 mJy arcsec^-2),这是由在较高的星云光学深度处发现的非常小的尘埃颗粒和较高密度的气体之间的关联所驱动的。相比之下,PAH和尘埃的形成在低金属含量的小麦哲伦云强烈抑制,使我们发现没有变化,无论是8-MIC或24-MIC的发射之间,我们的光学厚和薄的样品。这是由于在这种低金属含量的环境中,多环芳烃和灰尘的产生量极低,而且紫外线光子通量高,具有腐蚀性。尘埃质量的表面密度和气体尘埃比确定尘埃地图使用赫歇尔遗产调查数据支持这一解释。

英文摘要:

We use the Spitzer SAGE survey of the Magellanic Clouds to evaluate the relationship between the 8-mic PAH emission, 24-mic hot dust emission, and HII region radiative transfer. We confirm that in the higher-metallicity Large Magellanic Cloud, PAH destruction is sensitive to optically thin conditions in the nebular Lyman continuum: objects identified as optically thin candidates based on nebular ionization structure show 6 times lower median 8-mic surface brightness (0.18 mJy arcsec^-2) than their optically thick counterparts (1.2 mJy arcsec^-2). The 24-mic surface brightness also shows a factor of 3 offset between the two classes of objects (0.13 vs 0.44 mJy arcsec^-2, respectively), which is driven by the association between the very small dust grains and higher density gas found at higher nebular optical depths. In contrast, PAH and dust formation in the low-metallicity Small Magellanic Cloud is strongly inhibited such that we find no variation in either 8-mic or 24-mic emission between our optically thick and thin samples. This is attributable to extremely low PAH and dust production together with high, corrosive UV photon fluxes in this low-metallicity environment. The dust mass surface densities and gas-to-dust ratios determined from dust maps using Herschel HERITAGE survey data support this interpretation.

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