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S. N. Kemp B. Bates J. E. Beckman C. J. Killow R. Barrena D. C. Kennedy J. Rodríguez Alamo 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2002,333(3):561-574
Here we make a new study of the behaviour of the Na i /K i column density ratio in the interstellar medium, using a sample of new observations of 28 stars obtained at the Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT) in 1996 and 1997, and previously published observations (obtained by some of the authors) of 21 stars. The sightlines cover a range of distances and directions, including into the Galactic halo. We make use of new observations of the Na i ultraviolet (UV) doublet for some 18 stars. This doublet is much weaker than the Na i D doublet and so is less susceptible to saturation effects, and it is well known that it can be used to obtain more accurate Na i column densities with a smaller error range. We find an average N (Na i )/ N (K i ) ratio from the Na i UV data of about 90, which is rather higher than that found previously by Hobbs and Lequeux. The Na UV–K i ratio shows a small increase in value with increasing column density, while we also find a sample of low N (Na i )/ N (K i ) ratio clouds generally seen towards distant objects on high-latitude sightlines that reach into the halo, so that the ratio decreases more sharply at lower column densities. As the values of the ratio for these halo clouds (10–20) bracket the cosmic Na/K abundance ratio, we suggest that these ratios result from a harder radiation field in the lower halo, such that the ionized fractions of Na i and K i become similar. Clearly caution needs to be applied in using any kind of 'standard value' for the Na i /K i column density ratio. 相似文献
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J. R. Dawson N. Mizuno T. Onishi N. M. McClure-Griffiths Y. Fukui 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2008,387(1):31-44
The 'Carina Flare' supershell, GSH 287+04−17, is a molecular supershell originally discovered in 12 CO( J = 1–0) with the NANTEN 4 m telescope. We present the first study of the shell's atomic ISM, using H i 21-cm line data from the Parkes 64-m telescope Southern Galactic Plane Survey. The data reveal a gently expanding, ∼230 × 360 pc H i supershell that shows strong evidence of Galactic Plane blowout, with a break in its main body at z ∼ 280 pc and a capped high-latitude extension reaching z ∼ 450 pc. The molecular clouds form comoving parts of the atomic shell, and the morphology of the two phases reflects the supershell's influence on the structure of the ISM. We also report the first discovery of an ionized component of the supershell, in the form of delicate, streamer-like filaments aligned with the proposed direction of blowout. The distance estimate to the shell is re-examined, and we find strong evidence to support the original suggestion that it is located in the Carina Arm at a distance of 2.6 ± 0.4 kpc . Associated H i and H2 masses are estimated as M H I ≈ 7 ± 3 × 105 M⊙ and , and the kinetic energy of the expanding shell as E K ∼ 1 × 1051 erg. We examine the results of analytical and numerical models to estimate a required formation energy of several 1051 to ∼1052 erg, and an age of ∼107 yr . This age is compatible with molecular cloud formation time-scales, and we briefly consider the viability of a supershell-triggered origin for the molecular component. 相似文献
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Nissim Kanekar Ravi Subrahmanyan Jayaram N Chengalur Vicky Safouris 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2003,346(4):L57-L61
We report high-spectral-resolution Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) H i 21-cm observations resulting in the detection of the warm neutral medium (WNM) of the Galaxy in absorption against two extragalactic radio sources, PKS 1814−637 and PKS 0407−658. The two lines of sight were selected on the basis of the simplicity of their absorption profiles and the strength of the background sources; the high velocity resolution of the spectra then enabled us to estimate the kinetic temperatures of the absorbing gas by fitting multiple Gaussians to the absorption profiles. Four separate WNM components were detected towards the two sources, with peak optical depths τmax = (1.0 ± 0.08) × 10−2 , (1.4 ± 0.2) × 10−3 , (2.2 ± 0.5) × 10−3 and (3.4 ± 0.5) × 10−3 and kinetic temperatures T k = 3127 ± 300, 3694 ± 1595, 3500 ± 1354 and 2165 ± 608 K , respectively. All four components were thus found to have temperatures in the thermally unstable range 500 < T k < 5000 K ; this suggests that thermal equilibrium has not been reached throughout the WNM. 相似文献
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We have obtained a spectrum of the Na D lines of the Seyfert galaxy Mrk 595 with a signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) of about 30. The importance of this sightline is that this galaxy lies in a direction close to the highest column densities of the Cohen high-velocity (HV) stream, and hence represents the best opportunity of detecting this stream in interstellar absorption, as previous searches towards stellar targets up to a distance of 600 pc have not been successful. The H I column density in the direction of this galaxy implies that the HV gas should be detectable in absorption in the Na D lines. No such detections are made (at the 3σ level) and we consider possible explanations. Hence previous non-detections towards stars do not necessarily mean that the HV gas is more distant than the stars, and we emphasize that the distance of this high-velocity cloud (HVC), which is a key parameter to the understanding of the nature and origin of this feature, remains unknown and indeed may be difficult to establish. 相似文献
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K. J. Brooks † M. G. Burton J. M. Rathborne M. C. B. Ashley J. W. V. Storey 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2000,319(1):95-102
To better understand the environment surrounding CO emission clumps in the Keyhole Nebula, we have made images of the region in H2 1–0 S(1) (2.122-μm) emission and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) emission at 3.29 μm. Our results show that the H2 and PAH emission regions are morphologically similar, existing as several clumps, all of which correspond to CO emission clumps and dark optical features. The emission confirms the existence of photodissociation regions (PDRs) on the surface of the clumps. By comparing the velocity range of the CO emission with the optical appearance of the H2 and PAH emission, we present a model of the Keyhole Nebula whereby the most negative velocity clumps are in front of the ionization region, the clumps at intermediate velocities are in it and those which have the least negative velocities are at the far side. It may be that these clumps, which appear to have been swept up from molecular gas by the stellar winds from η Car, are now being overrun by the ionization region and forming PDRs on their surfaces. These clumps comprise the last remnants of the ambient molecular cloud around η Car. 相似文献
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B-G. Andersson P. G. Wannier I. A. Crawford 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2002,334(2):327-337
We present a mini-survey of ultrahigh-resolution spectroscopy (UHRS) of CH towards three southern molecular cloud envelopes. The sightlines are selected to probe physically similar gas in different Galactic environments. With a velocity resolution of ∼0.5 km s−1 ( R =575 000) these observations resolve most kinematic components of the absorption lines. We do, however, detect one line component in the Lupus region, which is not resolved and for which an upper limit of b <0.3 km s-1 is found. We find a correlation between distance of the absorbing gas from the Galactic mid-plane and the fractional abundance of CH. We show that this correlation can be explained as being a result of a fall-off in the ultraviolet radiation field intensity and propose that CH observations in carefully selected sightlines might allow a mapping of the variations in the interstellar radiation field. 相似文献
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Avinash A. Deshpande 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2000,317(1):199-204
During the past decade or so, measurements of Galactic H i absorption using VLBI against extragalactic sources, as well as multi-epoch observations in pulsar directions, have detected small-scale transverse variations corresponding to tens of au at the distance of the absorbing matter. Hitherto these measurements have been interpreted as small-scale structure in the H i distribution with densities n H i ∼104 –105 cm−3 , orders of magnitude greater than those of the pc-scale structure. Naturally, it is difficult to imagine how such structures could exist in equilibrium with other components of the ISM.
In this paper we show that structure on all scales contributes to the differences on neighbouring lines of sight, and that the observed differences can be accounted for by a natural extension of the distribution of irregularities in the distribution of H i opacities at larger scales, using a single power law. This, in our opinion, should put an end to the decades-long puzzle of the so-called small-scale structure in H i and other species in the Galaxy. 相似文献
In this paper we show that structure on all scales contributes to the differences on neighbouring lines of sight, and that the observed differences can be accounted for by a natural extension of the distribution of irregularities in the distribution of H i opacities at larger scales, using a single power law. This, in our opinion, should put an end to the decades-long puzzle of the so-called small-scale structure in H i and other species in the Galaxy. 相似文献
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I. Bains T. Wong M. Cunningham P. Sparks D. Brisbin P. Calisse J. T. Dempsey G. Deragopian S. Ellingsen B. Fulton F. Herpin P. Jones Y. Kouba C. Kramer E. F. Ladd S. N. Longmore J. McEvoy M. Maller V. Minier B. Mookerjea C. Phillips C. R. Purcell A. Walsh M. A. Voronkov M. G. Burton 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2006,367(4):1609-1628
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利用中国科学院紫金山天文台德令哈观测站13．7米望远镜在IRAS 02232 6138方向进行了13CO,C18O,HCO 和N2H 的观测．随着探针分子的激发密度从13CO到N2H 逐渐增加, IRAS02232 6138云核的尺度从13CO的2．40 pc减小到N2H 的0．54pc,云核的维里质量从13CO的2．2×103M⊙减小到N2H 的5．1×102M⊙．研究发现,该方向区域内存在双极分子外流．对云核的空间密度结构用幂函数n(r)αr-α的形式进行拟合分析,得到α=2．3-1．2;随着探测密度的增加,该指数逐渐变平．分析得到, 13CO／C18O分子丰度比值为12．4±6．9,与暗云的11．8±5．9及大质量核的9．0-15．6值一致;N2H 丰度是3．5±2．5×10-10,与暗云核的1．0-5．0×10-10和大质量核的1．2-12．8×10-10值一致;HCO 丰度为0．9±0．5×10-9,接近大质量核的1．6-2．4×10-9值,没有发现HCO 丰度增长．结合IRAS数据,得到云核的光度质量比范围为37-163(L／M)⊙,由IRAS光度估计, IRAS 02232 6138方向云核内嵌埋的大约是一颗主序O7．5星． 相似文献
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Seiichi Sakamoto Glenn J. White Kentarou Kawaguchi Masatoshi Ohishi Kumiko S. Usuda & Tetsuo Hasegawa 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》1998,301(3):872-880
Absorption lines of MgH and CaH N = 1 − 0 transitions were searched for in foreground molecular clouds towards the continuum sources associated with Sgr B2 (M) and W49A (N). None of these lines was detected with our sensitivity level of ∼20 mK. Millimetric absorption lines of MgO, MgOH, CaO and CaOH were also searched for towards Sgr B2 (M) without success. The fractional abundances relative to molecular hydrogen are ≲ 1.0 × 10−11 for MgH, ≲ 7.9 × 10−13 for MgO, ≲ 1.6 × 10−10 for MgOH, ≲ 1.6 × 10−9 for CaH, ≲ 2.0 × 10−12 for CaO, and ≲ 2.5 × 10−10 for CaOH, respectively. The low abundances measured in absorption indicate that a significant fraction of interstellar magnesium and calcium cannot be tied up in their monohydrides, monoxides and monohydroxides. The low abundance of MgH also implies that grain-surface chemistry involving magnesium is not efficient and that magnesium is depleted on to grains to a factor of ≳ 102.5 in well-shielded molecular clouds. 相似文献
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G. A. Galazutdinov F. A. Musaev †A. V. Bondar †J. Kre&#;owski † 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2003,345(1):365-368
Ultra-high-resolution ( R ∼ 300 000) profiles of four diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) are presented. The λλ 5797-, 5850-, 6196- and 6379- Å DIBs were observed towards the reddened supergiant HD 24398, a line of sight free of Doppler splitting; thus the observed profiles can be considered as intrinsic to the DIB carriers. Three of the profiles show substructure which supports the hypothesis of a molecular origin for these DIBs. 相似文献