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对麦哲伦流主导臂的性质和起源的新限制

New constraints on the nature and origin of the Leading Arm of the Magellanic Stream

P. Richter, A. J. Fox, B. P. Wakker, J. C. Howk, N. Lehner, K. A. Barger, E. D'Onghia, F. J. Lockman

摘要:

本文报道了一种新的精确测量方法,测量了Seyfert星系NGC 3783的麦哲伦星系流(MS)前缘臂(LAII区)中S,O,N,Si,Fe,P,Al,Ca和分子氢(H_2)的气相丰度。这些结果是基于来自各种不同仪器(HST/STIS,FUSE,AAT,GBT,GB 140 ft,ATCA)的高质量紫外/光学/无线电数据。我们的研究更新了以前的低分辨率数据的结果,并首次提供了一个复杂的多相吸收剂的自洽组件模型,提供了重要的限制LAII的性质和起源。在+245和+190 km/s^-1处,我们得到两个主要吸收体群的α丰度均匀、中等,α/H = 0.30 pm 0.05 solar,氮丰度较低,N/H = 0.05 pm 0.01 solar,尘埃含量较高,Si、Fe、Al和Ca的尘埃贫化值很大。这些α,N,和尘埃丰度LAII中观察到的小麦哲伦云(SMC)相似。通过对H_2吸收的分析,我们确定LAII中存在P/k = 1680 K cm^-3的高温压,这与LAII位于银河系内晕中z高度小于20 kpc的观点一致,LAII在那里与周围的热日冕气体发生流体动力学相互作用。我们的研究支持一种情况,LAII源于最近(200-500百万年前)从SMC剥离的金属和尘埃富集的祖云的分解。

英文摘要:

We present a new precision measurement of gas-phase abundances of S, O, N, Si, Fe, P, Al, Ca as well as molecular hydrogen (H_2) in the Leading Arm (region II, LAII) of the Magellanic Stream (MS) towards the Seyfert galaxy NGC 3783. The results are based on high-quality archival ultraviolet/optical/radio data from various different instruments (HST/STIS, FUSE, AAT, GBT, GB140ft, ATCA). Our study updates previous results from lower-resolution data and provides for the first time a self-consistent component model of the complex multi-phase absorber, delivering important constraints on the nature and origin of LAII. We derive a uniform, moderate alpha abundance in the two main absorber groups at +245 and +190 km s^-1 of alpha/H = 0.30 pm 0.05 solar, a low nitrogen abundance of N/H = 0.05 pm 0.01 solar, and a high dust content with substantial dust depletion values for Si, Fe, Al, and Ca. These alpha, N, and dust abundances in LAII are similar to those observed in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). From the analysis of the H_2 absorption, we determine a high thermal pressure of P/k = 1680 K cm^-3 in LAII, in line with the idea that LAII is located in the inner Milky Way halo at a z-height of <20 kpc where it hydrodynamically interacts with the ambient hot coronal gas. Our study supports a scenario, in which LAII stems from the break-up of a metal- and dust-enriched progenitor cloud that was recently (200-500 Myr ago) stripped from the SMC.

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