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arXiv 1809.00404astro-ph.GAastro-ph.SR
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银道面超紧HII区的搜索

A search for hypercompact HII regions in the Galactic Plane

A. Y. Yang, M. A. Thompson, W. W. Tian, S. Bihr, H. Beuther, L. Hindson

摘要:

我们已经进行了最大和最公正的搜索超紧凑(HC)HII区域。我们的方法结合了四个干涉射电连续测量(THOR,CORNISH,MAGPIS和White2005)与远红外和亚毫米银河平面调查,以确定嵌入式HII区域的正光谱指数。从534个正谱指数射电源中识别出120个正谱HII区。这些HII区域,包括已知的HCHII区域在我们的搜索中恢复,满足在5 GHz的HCHII区域的规范定义。我们建议,目前的规范定义的HCHII区域是不准确的,应该修改,包括电离气体的层次结构,在5 GHz的扩展形态的结果。将我们的搜索与已知的超紧凑(UC)HII区域调查相关联,我们发现大约一半的检测到的UCHII区域具有正的光谱指数,而不是更常见的假设平坦和光学薄的光谱。这意味着一个混合的光学薄和厚的发射,并有重要的影响,到目前为止,假设光学薄发射这些对象以前的分析。正光谱HII区域统计上更明亮,并具有较高的莱曼连续通量比HII区域平坦或负指数。正光谱的HII区因此更可能与更明亮和质量更大的恒星有关。在HII区的正光谱和非正光谱之间,团簇质量、线直径和光质比均无差异。

英文摘要:

We have carried out the largest and most unbiased search for hypercompact (HC) HII regions. Our method combines four interferometric radio continuum surveys (THOR, CORNISH, MAGPIS and White2005) with far-infrared and sub-mm Galactic Plane surveys to identify embedded HII regions with positive spectral indices. 120 positive spectrum HII regions have been identified from a total sample of 534 positive spectral index radio sources. None of these HII regions, including the known HCHII regions recovered in our search, fulfills the canonical definition of an HCHII region at 5 GHz. We suggest that the current canonical definition of HCHII regions is not accurate and should be revised to include a hierarchical structure of ionized gas that results in an extended morphology at 5 GHz. Correlating our search with known ultracompact (UC) HII region surveys, we find that roughly half of detected UCHII regions have positive spectral indices, instead of more commonly assumed flat and optically thin spectra. This implies a mix of optically thin and thick emission and has important implications for previous analyses which have so far assumed optically thin emission for these objects. Positive spectrum HII regions are statistically more luminous and possess higher Lyman continuum fluxes than HII regions with flat or negative indices. Positive spectrum HII regions are thus more likely to be associated with more luminous and massive stars. No differences are found in clump mass, linear diameter or luminosity-to-mass ratio between positive spectrum and non-positive spectrum HII regions.

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