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暗能量相机麦哲伦云发射线巡天

The Dark Energy Camera Magellanic Clouds Emission-Line Survey

Sean D. Points, Knox S. Long, William P. Blair, Rosa Williams, You-Hua Chu, P. Frank Winkler, Richard L. White, Armin Rest, Chuan-Jui Li, Francisco Valdes

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本文介绍使用DECam对大麦哲伦云开展的DeMCELS窄带H-alpha与[SII]发射线巡天,显著提升分辨率并公开数据。

摘要:

我们利用CTIO Blanco 4米望远镜上的暗能量相机(Dark Energy Camera,DECam),对大麦哲伦云(Large Magellanic Cloud,LMC)开展了一项新的发射线巡天;除一个连续谱波段用于生成纯发射线图像外,还使用了窄带H-alpha和[SII]滤光片。我们将这一新巡天称为DeMCELS,以区别于已服役近25年的早期麦哲伦云发射线巡天(Magellanic Cloud Emission Line Survey,MCELS)。DeMCELS覆盖约54平方度,包含LMC明亮光学盘的大部分。凭借DECam仅0.27角秒的像素尺寸,我们的DeMCELS巡天在受视宁度限制的分辨率上比MCELS提高3至5倍,并在深度上与之相当;其面亮度极限在H-alpha中为3.3×10^-17 erg cm^-2 s^-1 arcsec^-2,在H-alpha与[SII]合成中分别为2.9×10^-17 erg cm^-2 s^-1 arcsec^-2。DeMCELS提供了各种尺度星云的详细形态信息,从最大的超壳层到单个HII区和超新星遗迹,再到围绕单颗恒星的发射气泡,甚至包括LMC弥漫电离气体中的暗弱结构。许多复杂发射区显示出显著的[SII]与H-alpha比值变化,这表明恒星风和/或超新星产生的激波,与深埋其中的炽热年轻恒星的光电离相混合。我们介绍了该巡天的观测策略和数据处理细节,并展示了与以往数据相比较的部分结果。一个针对小麦哲伦云的配套项目正在进行中,将另行报告。我们正通过NOIRLab的Data Lab网站向整个社区公开这些新数据。

英文摘要:

We have used the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) on the CTIO Blanco 4-m telescope to perform a new emission-line survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) using narrow-band H-alpha and [SII] filters in addition to a continuum band for use in creating pure emission-line images. We refer to this new survey as DeMCELS, to distinguish it from the earlier Magellanic Cloud Emission Line Survey (MCELS) that has been in service for nearly 25 years. DeMCELS covers $\sim 54$ degrees$^{2}$, encompassing most of the bright optical disk of the LMC. With DECam's pixel size of only 0.27", our DeMCELS survey provides a seeing-limited improvement of 3-5 times over MCELS and is comparable in depth, with surface brightness limits of 3.3E-17 erg cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$ arcsec$^{-2}$ in H-alpha and 2.9E-17 erg cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$ arcsec$^{-2}$ in H-alpha and [SII], respectively. DeMCELS provides detailed morphological information on nebulae of all scales, from the largest supershells to individual [HII] regions and supernova remnants, to bubbles of emission surrounding individual stars, and even to faint structures in the diffuse ionized gas of the LMC. Many complex regions of emission show significant variations in the ratio of [SII] to H-alpha, a sign of the mixture of shocks from stellar winds and/or supernovae with photoionization by embedded hot, young stars. We present the details of the observing strategy and data processing for this survey, and show selected results in comparison with previous data. A companion project for the Small Magellanic Cloud is in progress and will be reported separately. We are making these new data available to the community at large via the NOIRLab's Data Lab site.

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