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连接刻度:NGC 1333的大面积高分辨率氨绘图

Connecting the Scales: Large Area High-resolution Ammonia Mapping of NGC 1333

Arnab Dhabal, Lee G. Mundy, Che-yu Chen, Peter Teuben, Shaye Storm

摘要:

我们使用NH3反转跃迁来追踪英仙座分子云NGC 1333区域的致密气体。利用VLA干涉仪观测和GBT单碟图相结合,得到了面积为102平方角分、角分辨率为~3.7”的NH3(1,1)和NH3(2,2)图。组合地图的光谱分辨率为0.14 km/s,灵敏度为4 mJy/beam。我们制作了NH3(1,1)和NH3(2,2)的积分强度图、峰值强度图和色散图以及NH3(1,1)的视线速度图。这些被用来推导的光学深度为NH3(1,1)的主要成分,激发温度的NH3(1,1),和旋转温度,动力学温度和柱密度的NH3在映射区域。我们将这些观测结果与CARMA J=1-0对N2 H+和H13 CO+的观测结果进行了比较,并得出结论,它们都在这些致密的恒星形成区域中追踪到了相同的物质。从NH3(1,1)速度图中,我们发现一个速度梯度脊在NGC 1333的整个南部呈弧形延伸。我们认为,一个大规模的湍流细胞与云碰撞,这可能导致形成一层压缩气体。沿着速度梯度脊的这个区域点缀着0/I类YSO,它们可能是由压缩气体中的局部过密度导致引力不稳定性而形成的。NH3(1,1)速度弥散图沿该区域也有相对较高的值,从而证实了激波层的论点。

英文摘要:

We use NH3 inversion transitions to trace the dense gas in the NGC 1333 region of the Perseus molecular cloud. NH3(1,1) and NH3(2,2) maps covering an area of 102 square arcminutes at an angular resolution of ~3.7" are produced by combining VLA interferometric observations with GBT single dish maps. The combined maps have a spectral resolution of 0.14 km/s and a sensitivity of 4 mJy/beam. We produce integrated intensity maps, peak intensity maps and dispersion maps of NH3(1,1) and NH3(2,2) and a line-of-sight velocity map of NH3(1,1). These are used to derive the optical depth for the NH3(1,1) main component, the excitation temperature of NH3(1,1), and the rotational temperature, kinetic temperature and column density of NH3 over the mapped area. We compare these observations with the CARMA J=1-0 observations of N2H+ and H13CO+ and conclude that they all trace the same material in these dense star forming regions. From the NH3(1,1) velocity map, we find that a velocity gradient ridge extends in an arc across the entire southern part of NGC 1333. We propose that a large scale turbulent cell is colliding with the cloud, which could result in the formation of a layer of compressed gas. This region along the velocity gradient ridge is dotted with Class 0/I YSOs, that could have formed from local overdensities in the compressed gas leading to gravitational instabilities. The NH3(1,1) velocity dispersion map also has relatively high values along this region, thereby substantiating the shock layer argument.

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