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标题：Spatially resolved images of reactive ions in the Orion Bar
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作者：Javier R. Goicoechea ; Javier R. Goicoechea ; Sara Cuadrado 等
期刊名称：Astronomy & Astrophysics
印刷版ISSN：0004-6361
电子版ISSN：1432-0746
出版年度：2017
卷号：601
页码：1-9
DOI：10.1051/0004-6361/201730716
语种：English
出版社：EDP Sciences
摘要：We report high angular resolution (4.9′′ × 3.0′′) images of reactive ions SH+, HOC+, and SO+ toward the Orion Bar photodissociation region (PDR). We used ALMA-ACA to map several rotational lines at 0.8 mm, complemented with multi-line observations obtained with the IRAM 30 m telescope. The SH+ and HOC+ emission is restricted to a narrow layer of 2′′- to 10′′-width (≈800 to 4000 AU depending on the assumed PDR geometry) that follows the vibrationally excited H emission. Both ions efficiently form very close to the H/H2 transition zone, at a depth of AV ≲ 1 mag into the neutral cloud, where abundant C+, S2* coexist. SO+ peaks slightly deeper into the cloud. The observed ions have low rotational temperatures (Trot ≈ 10−30 K ≪ Tk) and narrow line-widths (~2−3 km s-1), a factor of ≃2 narrower that those of the lighter reactive ion CH+. This is consistent with the higher reactivity and faster radiative pumping rates of CH+ compared to the heavier ions, which are driven relatively more quickly toward smaller velocity dispersion by elastic collisions and toward lower Trot by inelastic collisions. We estimate column densities and average physical conditions from an excitation model (n(H2) ≈ 105−106 cm-3, n(e−) ≈ 10 cm-3, and Tk ≈ 200 K). Regardless of the excitation details, SH+ and HOC+ clearly trace the most exposed layers of the UV-irradiated molecular cloud surface, whereas SO+ arises from slightly more shielded layers.
关键词：enastrochemistryline: identificationISM: clouds(ISM:) photon-dominated region (PDR)