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arXiv 2005.10846astro-ph.GA
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HD 62542:探测一个平动星际云的裸露致密核心

HD 62542: Probing the Bare, Dense Core of a Translucent Interstellar Cloud

Daniel E. Welty, Paule Sonnentrucker, Theodore P. Snow, Donald G. York

摘要:

本文讨论了中等红化的B3-5~V星HD~62542的高分辨率$HST$ /STIS紫外光谱和高信噪比光谱中的许多原子和分子物种的星际吸收。这条引人注目的视线显示出非常陡峭的远紫外消光和高分子形式的氢-CH,C $_2$,CN和CO的强吸收,但CH $^+$和大多数常见的弥漫星际带的弱吸收。大多数物质存在于一个单一的狭窄的速度分量中--这提供了一个难得的机会来探测一个几乎没有相关扩散原子气体的单一星际云的主要分子核心。详细的光谱分析表明:(1)主云中的分子分数很高[ $f$(H $_2$)$>$ 0.8];(2)气体相当冷($T_{\rm k}$ = 40- 43 K,来自H $_2$和C $_2$的转动激发);(3)局部氢密度$n_{\rm H}$ $\sim$ 1500 cm $^{-3}$(来自C $_2$激发、C $^0$的精细结构激发和简单化学模型);(4)$^{12}$ CO和$^{13}$ CO的异常高的激发温度可能主要是由于辐射激发;(5)$N$(C $^+$):$N$(CO):$N$(C)$\sim$ 100:10:1;(6)许多元素的损耗比在任何其他视线上看到的都要严重,而损耗的详细模式也不同于从银河系视线的更大样本中得出的结果;(7)即使考虑了晶粒辅助复合和低温双电子复合的影响,不同的中性离子/第一离子比对电子密度的估计也不一致。

英文摘要:

We discuss the interstellar absorption from many atomic and molecular species seen in high-resolution $HST$/STIS UV and high-S/N optical spectra of the moderately reddened B3-5~V star HD~62542. This remarkable sight line exhibits both very steep far-UV extinction and a high fraction of hydrogen in molecular form -- with strong absorption from CH, C$_2$, CN, and CO, but weak absorption from CH$^+$ and most of the commonly observed diffuse interstellar bands. Most of the material resides in a single narrow velocity component -- offering a rare opportunity to probe the primarily molecular core of a single interstellar cloud with little associated diffuse atomic gas. Detailed analyses of the spectra indicate that: (1) the molecular fraction in the main cloud is high [$f$(H$_2$) $>$ 0.8]; (2) the gas is fairly cold ($T_{\rm k}$ = 40--43 K, from the rotational excitation of H$_2$ and C$_2$); (3) the local hydrogen density $n_{\rm H}$ $\sim$ 1500 cm$^{-3}$ (from the C$_2$ excitation, the fine-structure excitation of C$^0$, and simple chemical models); (4) the unusually high excitation temperatures for $^{12}$CO and $^{13}$CO may be largely due to radiative excitation; (5) $N$(C$^+$):$N$(CO):$N$(C) $\sim$ 100:10:1; (6) the depletions of many elements are more severe than those seen in any other sight line, and the detailed pattern of depletions differs from those derived from larger samples of Galactic sight lines; and (7) the various neutral/first ion ratios do not yield consistent estimates for the electron density, even when the effects of grain-assisted recombination and low-temperaure dielectronic recombination are considered.

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