The First Measurements of the Electron Density Enhancements Expected in C-Type Shocks

The First Measurements of the Electron Density Enhancements Expected in C-Type Shocks
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首次测量 C 型激波中预期的电子密度增强

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10.1086/508941
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2006
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The Astrophysical Journal
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通讯作者:
Jiménez-Serra I
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Magnetic precursors of C-type shocks accelerate, compress, and heat molecular ions, modifying the kinematics and the physical conditions of the ion fluid with respect to the neutral one. Electron densities are also expected to be significantly enhanced in shock precursors. In this Letter, we present observations of strongly polar ion and neutral molecules such as SiO, H 13 CO+, HN 13 C, and H 13 CN, which reveal the electron density enhancements associated with the precursor of the young L1448-mm outflow. While in the ambient gas the excitation of the ions and neutrals is explained by collisional excitation by H 2 with a single density of~ 10 5 cm-3, H 13 CO+ shows an overexcitation in the shock precursor component that requires H 2 densities a factor of≥ 10 larger than those derived from the neutral species. This overexcitation in H 13 CO+ can be explained if we consider an additional excitation by collisions with electrons and an electron density enhancement in the precursor stage by a factor of~ 500, ie, a fractional ionization of 5× 10-5. These results show that multiline observations can be used to study the evolution of the ion and electron fluids at the first stages of the C-type shock interaction.
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