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星系晕中FUSE O VI发射的再认识

Revisiting FUSE O VI Emission in Galaxy Halos

Haeun Chung, Carlos J. Vargas, Erika Hamden

摘要:

星系中的重子有很大一部分是以环星系介质(CGM)的扩散气体的形式存在的。CGM多相的一个关键成分,即所谓的“日冕”温热相气体($\rm 10^{5}-10^{6}$ K),由O VI 1031.93,1037.62 π共振线追踪,很少在银河系以外的星系晕中检测到。在这里,我们报告四个额外的检测O VI排放气体的晕附近的边缘星系,NGC 4631和NGC 891,使用档案远紫外光谱探测器数据和更新的数据管道。我们发现最强烈的O VI发射是从NGC 4631中心附近形成一条垂直线的场,尽管其他两个场非常接近圆盘。探测到的O-VI发射表面亮度约为1.1 $\pm 0.3$ $\times$ $10^{-18}$至3.9 $\pm0.8$ $\times$ $10^{-18}$尔格s $^{-1}$ cm $^{-2}$ arcsec $^{-2}$。NGC 4631中5个30”$\times$ 30”OVI探测场的空间分布可以解释为在恒星形成星系中存在着较强的OVI辐射叠加在弥散而微弱的OVI晕中的附加结构。体积填充的OVI发射映射是非常需要的,以确定结构和流行的温暖,热的气体和它在星系盘和晕之间的气体循环中发挥的作用。最后,我们提出了未来资助和拟议的紫外线任务(LUVOIR-A,LUVOIR-B,CETUS,和ESTA)在附近的星系晕的弥漫和微弱的O VI发射的检测的灵敏度。

英文摘要:

A significant fraction of baryons in galaxies are in the form of diffuse gas of the circumgalactic medium (CGM). One critical component of the multi-phases of CGM, the so-called "coronal" warm-hot phase gas ($\rm 10^{5}-10^{6}$ K) traced by O VI 1031.93, 1037.62 Å resonance lines, has rarely been detected in emission from galaxy halos other than Milky Way. Here we report four additional detections of O VI emission gas in the halos of nearby edge-on galaxies, NGC 4631 and NGC 891, using archival Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer data and an updated data pipeline. We find the most intense O VI emission to be from fields forming a vertical line near the center of NGC 4631, despite the close proximity to the disk of two other fields. The detected O VI emission surface brightness are about 1.1$\pm 0.3$ $\times$ $10^{-18}$ to 3.9$\pm0.8$ $\times$ $10^{-18}$ ergs s$^{-1}$ cm$^{-2}$ arcsec$^{-2}$. The spatial distribution of the five 30" $\times$ 30" O VI detection fields in NGC 4631 can be interpreted as the existence of filamentary structures of more intense O VI emission superimposed within a diffuse and faint O VI halo in star-forming galaxies. Volume-filled O VI emission mapping is greatly needed to determine the structure and prevalence of warm-hot gas and the role it plays in the cycling of gas between the galaxy disk and the halo. Finally, we present the sensitivity of future funded and proposed UV missions (LUVOIR-A, LUVOIR-B, CETUS, and Aspera) to the detection of diffuse and faint O VI emission in nearby galaxy halos.

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