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arXiv 1706.08615astro-ph.GA
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NGC 7331中的分子尺度高度

Molecular scale height in NGC 7331

Narendra Nath Patra

摘要:

建立了流体静力平衡的Poisson-Boltzman方程,并对不同重子分量进行数值求解,得到了螺旋星系NGC 7331的分子尺度高度。分子气体的标度高度被发现根据半径和假设的速度色散在$\sim 100-200$ pc之间变化。流体静力学方程的解决方案和观察到的旋转曲线被用来产生一个动力学模型,从而模拟柱密度图的分子盘。除了在外盘区域外,模拟的分子盘与观察到的分子盘相当匹配。NGC 7331的分子盘被投影到90 $^o$的倾角,以估计其可观测的边缘厚度(HWHM),发现其为$\sim 500$ pc。当HWHM为$\sim 500$ pc时,观察到分子盘的边缘延伸距离中平面为$\sim$ 1 kpc。这表明,在一个典型的星系中,流体静力平衡实际上可以产生几千秒差距厚的可观测分子盘,这在以前被认为是难以解释的。

英文摘要:

Combined Poisson's-Boltzman equations of hydrostatic equilibrium were set up and solved numerically for different baryonic components to obtain the molecular scale height as defined by the Half Width at Half Maxima (HWHM) in the spiral galaxy NGC 7331. The scale height of the molecular gas was found to vary between $\sim 100-200$ pc depending on the radius and assumed velocity dispersion. The solutions of the hydrostatic equation and the observed rotation curve were used to produce a dynamical model and consequently a simulated column density map of the molecular disk. The modelled molecular disk found to match with the observed one reasonably well except at the outer disk regions. The molecular disk of NGC 7331 was projected to an inclination of 90$^o$ to estimate its observable edge-on thickness (HWHM), which was found to be $\sim 500$ pc. With an HWHM of $\sim 500$ pc, the observed edge-on extent of the molecular disk was seen to be $\sim$ 1 kpc from the mid-plane. This indicates that in a typical galaxy, hydrostatic equilibrium, in fact, can produce a few kilo-parsec thick observable molecular disk which was thought to be difficult to explain earlier.

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