Molecular cooling in the diffuse interstellar medium

Molecular cooling in the diffuse interstellar medium
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弥漫星际介质中的分子冷却

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2013
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P. Clark
P. Clark
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S. Glover;P. Clark

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我们使用一个简单的星际气体的热和化学演化的单区模型来研究分子氢(H2)是否曾经是一个重要的冷却剂的温暖,弥漫的星际介质(ISM)。我们表明,在太阳的金属丰度,H2冷却是不重要的,ISM的热演化是由金属线冷却为主。然而,在金属丰度低于0.1 Z时,低密度气体的金属线冷却很快变得不重要,H2可以成为主要的冷却剂,即使它在气体中的丰度仍然很小。我们调查所需的条件,以H2占主导地位,并表明,它提供了显着的冷却,只有当星际辐射场强度的气体密度的比率是小的。最后,我们证明了我们的结果是不敏感的气体的初始部分电离的变化或存在于低金属丰度ISM中的尘埃的性质的不确定性。
We use a simple one-zone model of the thermal and chemical evolution of interstellar gas to study whether molecular hydrogen (H2) is ever an important coolant of the warm, diffuse interstellar medium (ISM). We demonstrate that at solar metallicity, H2 cooling is unimportant and the thermal evolution of the ISM is dominated by metal-line cooling. At metallicities below 0.1 Z⊙, however, metal-line cooling of low-density gas quickly becomes unimportant and H2 can become the dominant coolant, even though its abundance in the gas remains small. We investigate the conditions required in order for H2 to dominate, and show that it provides significant cooling only when the ratio of the interstellar radiation field strength to the gas density is small. Finally, we demonstrate that our results are insensitive to changes in the initial fractional ionization of the gas or to uncertainties in the nature of the dust present in the low-metallicity ISM.
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/730/2/l13
发表时间: 2011-02
期刊: The Astrophysical Journal Letters
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F. Bigiel;A. Leroy;F. Walter;E. Brinks;W. D. Blok;C. Kramer;H. Rix;A. Schruba;K. Schuster;A. Usero;H. Wiesemeyer
通讯作者: F. Bigiel;A. Leroy;F. Walter;E. Brinks;W. D. Blok;C. Kramer;H. Rix;A. Schruba;K. Schuster;A. Usero;H. Wiesemeyer