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附近星系M83的原子碳[ CI ] $(^3P_1-^3P_0)$作图

Atomic Carbon [CI]$(^3P_1-^3P_0)$ Mapping of the Nearby Galaxy M83

Yusuke Miyamoto, Atsushi Yasuda, Yoshimasa Watanabe, Masumichi Seta, Nario Kuno, Dragan Salak, Shun Ishii, Makoto Nagai, Naomasa Nakai

摘要:

原子碳(CI)已被提议作为CO的替代物作为分子气体的全局示踪剂,然而,其实用性尚未得到证实。为了评价CI作为示踪剂的适用性,我们进行了[CI] $(^3P_1-^3P_0)$利用ASTE望远镜对邻近旋涡星系M83的北部进行了成像观测,并将[CI](1 - 0)的分布与CO谱线(CO(1-0)、CO(3-2)和$^{13}$ CO(1-0))、HI和红外(IR)辐射进行了比较(70、160和250 $ μ$ m)。中心区的[CI](1-0)分布与CO谱线的分布相似,而臂区的[CI](1-0)分布在CO外。我们用单温修正黑体拟合红外连续光谱分布,研究了尘埃温度$T_{\rm dust}$和尘埃质量表面密度$Σ_{\rm dust}$。$Σ_{\rm dust}$的分布与CO(1-0)积分强度的一致性比与[CI](1-0)积分强度的一致性好得多,表明CO(1-0)是冷分子气体的良好示踪剂。使用两个[CI]跃迁的强度比检查[CI]激发温度$T_{\rm ex}$的空间分布。在中心、条形、臂和臂间区域的适当$T_{\rm ex}$产生$\sim7 \times 10^{-5}$的恒定[C]/[H $_2$ ]丰度比,在所有区域中在0.1 dex的范围内。我们成功地检测到弱[CI](1-0)发射,即使在臂间区域,除了中央,手臂,和酒吧地区,使用光谱叠加分析。发现[CI](1-0)的堆叠强度与$T_{\rm dust}$强烈相关。我们的结果表明,原子碳是一个CO的光解产物,因此,相比CO(1-0),[CI](1-0)是不太可靠的跟踪大部分的“冷”分子气体在银盘。

英文摘要:

Atomic carbon (CI) has been proposed to be a global tracer of the molecular gas as a substitute for CO, however, its utility remains unproven. To evaluate the suitability of CI as the tracer, we performed [CI]$(^3P_1-^3P_0)$ (hereinafter [CI](1-0)) mapping observations of the northern part of the nearby spiral galaxy M83 with the ASTE telescope and compared the distributions of [CI](1-0) with CO lines (CO(1-0), CO(3-2), and $^{13}$CO(1-0)), HI, and infrared (IR) emission (70, 160, and 250$ μ$m). The [CI](1-0) distribution in the central region is similar to that of the CO lines, whereas [CI](1-0) in the arm region is distributed outside the CO. We examined the dust temperature, $T_{\rm dust}$, and dust mass surface density, $Σ_{\rm dust}$, by fitting the IR continuum-spectrum distribution with a single-temperature modified blackbody. The distribution of $Σ_{\rm dust}$ shows a much better consistency with the integrated intensity of CO(1-0) than with that of [CI](1-0), indicating that CO(1-0) is a good tracer of the cold molecular gas. The spatial distribution of the [CI] excitation temperature, $T_{\rm ex}$, was examined using the intensity ratio of the two [CI] transitions. An appropriate $T_{\rm ex}$ at the central, bar, arm, and inter-arm regions yields a constant [C]/[H$_2$] abundance ratio of $\sim7 \times 10^{-5}$ within a range of 0.1 dex in all regions. We successfully detected weak [CI](1-0) emission, even in the inter-arm region, in addition to the central, arm, and bar regions, using spectral stacking analysis. The stacked intensity of [CI](1-0) is found to be strongly correlated with $T_{\rm dust}$. Our results indicate that the atomic carbon is a photodissociation product of CO, and consequently, compared to CO(1-0), [CI](1-0) is less reliable in tracing the bulk of "cold" molecular gas in the galactic disk.

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