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arXiv 2004.11921astro-ph.GAastro-ph.HE
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局部银盘的电子密度结构

Electron Density Structure of the Local Galactic Disk

Stella Koch Ocker, James M. Cordes, Shami Chatterjee

摘要:

脉冲星色散测量(DM)已被用于模拟银河系盘中的星际介质(ISM)的电子密度作为一个平面平行介质,尽管DM距离分布的显着分散和ISM中的不均匀性的强有力的证据。我们使用一个独立的距离测量的样本,以评估模型的本地ISM在厚盘的银河系,包括湍流的波动,团块,和空洞的电子密度。后两个组件是必需的,因为视线的$\sim 1/3$与严格的平面平行模型不一致。对模型的平滑分量的似然分析产生尺度高度$z_0=1.57^{+0.15}_{-0.14}$ kpc和中间平面密度$n_0=0.015 \pm 0.001$ cm $^{-3}$。DM距离分布中的散射由团块和空隙主导,但从宽谱的密度波动(诸如柯尔莫哥洛夫谱)接收显著贡献。该模型用于识别具有DM异常值的视线。其中的三个,J1614 $-$ 2230、J1623 $-$ 0908和J1643 $-$ 1224,位于已知的HII区后面,电子密度模型与H $α$强度数据相结合,以约束填充因子和HII区的其他子结构性质(Sh 2-7和Sh 2- 2 - 7)。几个超级巨星还表现出增强的DM波动,这可能是由于它们的视线与超级气泡GSH 238+00+09相交而引起的。

英文摘要:

Pulsar dispersion measures (DMs) have been used to model the electron density of the interstellar medium (ISM) in the Galactic disk as a plane-parallel medium, despite significant scatter in the DM-distance distribution and strong evidence for inhomogeneities in the ISM. We use a sample of pulsars with independent distance measurements to evaluate a model of the local ISM in the thick disk of the Galaxy that incorporates turbulent fluctuations, clumps, and voids in the electron density. The latter two components are required because $\sim 1/3$ of the lines of sight are discrepant from a strictly plane parallel model. A likelihood analysis for smooth components of the model yields a scale height $z_0=1.57^{+0.15}_{-0.14}$ kpc and a mid-plane density $n_0=0.015 \pm 0.001$ cm$^{-3}$. The scatter in the DM-distance distribution is dominated by clumps and voids but receives significant contributions from a broad spectrum of density fluctuations, such as a Kolmogorov spectrum. The model is used to identify lines of sight with outlier values of DM. Three of these pulsars, J1614$-$2230, J1623$-$0908, and J1643$-$1224, lie behind known HII regions, and the electron density model is combined with H$α$ intensity data to constrain the filling factors and other substructure properties of the HII regions (Sh 2-7 and Sh 2-27). Several pulsars also exhibit enhanced DM fluctuations that are likely caused by their lines of sight intersecting the superbubble GSH 238+00+09.

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