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arXiv 2005.00238astro-ph.GA
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Ly-alpha辐射转移:Wouthuysen场效应的蒙特卡罗模拟

Ly-alpha Radiative Transfer: Monte-Carlo Simulation of the Wouthuysen-Field Effect

Kwang-Il Seon, Chang-Goo Kim

摘要:

开发了一个三维Monte Carlo Ly-alpha辐射转移(RT)程序LaRT,用于研究Ly-alpha RT和Wouthuysen-Field(WF)效应。使用该代码,我们计算的多相星际介质(ISM),特别强调在低密度气体的Ly-alpha辐射的线轮廓。我们表明WF效应是在行动:线轮廓的中心部分往往接近普朗克函数的一个小切片的色温等于气体的动力学温度,即使在一个系统的光学厚度低至τ_0 ~100-500。我们还研究了ISM的湍流运动对出射Ly-alpha光谱和色温的影响。湍流运动使出射光谱展宽,但在典型的天体物理环境中,色温不受湍流运动的影响。我们利用两个多相ISM模型,适合太阳附近,计算中性氢的21厘米自旋温度,包括激发通过Ly-alpha共振散射。第一个ISM模型是一个简单的clussians模型,而第二个是一个自洽的磁流体力学模拟模型,使用TIGRESS框架。来自H II区域和碰撞冷却气体的Ly-alpha光子被考虑在内。我们发现,Ly-alpha辐射场是,在一般情况下,可能是强大到足以使21厘米的温暖中性介质的自旋温度接近的动力学温度。在我们的ISM模型中,Ly-alpha的逃逸分数估计为~7- 20%。

英文摘要:

A three-dimensional Monte Carlo Ly-alpha radiative transfer (RT) code, named LaRT, is developed to study the Ly-alpha RT and the Wouthuysen-Field (WF) effect. Using the code, we calculate the line profile of Ly-alpha radiation within the multiphase interstellar medium (ISM), with a particular emphasis on gas at low densities. We show that the WF effect is in action: the central portion of the line profile tends to approach a small slice of the Planck function with a color temperature equal to the kinetic temperature of the gas, even in a system with an optical thickness as low as tau_0~100-500. We also investigate the effects of the turbulent motion of the ISM on the emergent Ly-alpha spectrum and color temperature. The turbulent motion broadens, as generally expected, the emergent spectrum, but the color temperature is not affected by the turbulent motion in typical astrophysical environments. We utilize two multiphase ISM models, appropriate for the vicinity of the Sun, to calculate the 21-cm spin temperature of neutral hydrogen, including excitation via the Ly-alpha resonant scattering. The first ISM model is a simple clumpy model, while the second is a self-consistent magnetohydrodynamics simulation model using the TIGRESS framework. Ly-alpha photons originating from both H II regions and the collisionally cooling gas are taken into account. We find that the Ly-alpha radiation field is, in general, likely to be strong enough to bring the 21-cm spin temperature of the warm neutral medium close to the kinetic temperature. The escape fraction of Ly-alpha in our ISM models is estimated to be ~7-20%.

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