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arXiv 2008.12787astro-ph.GA
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星际介质中HNC的首次中红外探测:探测猎户座热核的极端环境

The First Mid-Infrared Detection of HNC in the Interstellar Medium: Probing the Extreme Environment Towards the Orion Hot Core

Sarah Nickerson, Naseem Rangwala, Sean Colgan, Curtis DeWitt, Xinchuan Huang, Kinsuk Acharyya, Maria Drozdovskaya, Ryan C. Fortenberry, Eric Herbst, Timothy J. Lee

摘要:

我们提出的第一个中红外(MIR)探测HNC和H13 CN在星际介质,和许多,解决HCN振转跃迁。我们的观测范围为12.8至22.9微米,朝向热核心猎户座IRc 2,由平流层红外天文台(SOFIA)上的Echelon-Cross-Echelle光谱仪获得。卓越的,~5 km/s的分辨率区分了HNC和HCN P,Q和R分支的单个振转跃迁;以及H13 CN R分支。这允许直接测量物种的激发温度、柱密度和相对丰度。HNC和H13 CN的本地标准静止速度为-7 km/s,这可能与附近射电源I的流出有关,激发温度约为100 K。在165 K温度下,HCN的主要速度分量也为-7km/s。最热的成分,这是以前从未观察到的,是在1公里/秒,温度309 K。这是迄今为止测量到的最接近热核中心的分量。推导出的12 C/13 C =13低于猎户座银河系中心距离的预期,但推导出的HCN/HNC=72预计在这种极端环境下。与以前的亚毫米和毫米观测相比,我们对这一区域的SOFIA线调查表明,分辨的MIR分子跃迁正在探测一个不同的物理成分,并隔离最接近热核的化学成分。

英文摘要:

We present the first mid-infrared (MIR) detections of HNC and H13CN in the interstellar medium, and numerous, resolved HCN rovibrational transitions. Our observations span 12.8 to 22.9 micron towards the hot core Orion IRc2, obtained with the Echelon-Cross-Echelle Spectrograph aboard the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). Exceptional, ~5 km/s, resolution distinguishes individual rovibrational transitions of the HNC and HCN P, Q, and R branches; and the H13CN R branch. This allows direct measurement of the species' excitation temperatures, column densities, and relative abundances. HNC and H13CN exhibit a local standard rest velocity of -7 km/s that may be associated with an outflow from nearby radio source I and an excitation temperature of about 100 K. We resolve two velocity components for HCN, the primary component also being at -7 km/s with temperature 165 K. The hottest component, which had never before been observed, is at 1 km/s with temperature 309 K. This is the closest component to the hot core's centre measured to date. The derived 12C/13C=13 is below expectation for Orion's Galactocentric distance, but the derived HCN/HNC=72 is expected for this extreme environment. Compared to previous sub-mm and mm observations, our SOFIA line survey of this region shows that the resolved MIR molecular transitions are probing a distinct physical component and isolating the chemistry closest to the hot core.

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