- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/587/714
- Title:
- H_2_CO and H{alpha} observations of UC HII
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/587/714
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Fifty-four ultracompact (UC) HII regions in the GLIMPSE survey region (|b|<1{deg} and 30{deg}<l<70{deg}) were observed in H_2_CO and H110{alpha} using the 305 m Arecibo telescope. By analyzing H_2_CO absorption against the UC H II region continuum emission, we resolve the distance ambiguity toward 44 sources. This determination is critical to measure global physical properties of UC H II regions (e.g., luminosity, size, mass) and properties of the Galaxy (e.g., spiral structure, abundance gradients). We find that the distribution of UC H II regions in this survey is consistent with a ``local spur'', the Perseus, Sagittarius, and Scutum arms as delineated by Taylor & Cordes. However, departures from model velocities produce distance uncertainties only slightly smaller than the proposed arm separations.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/799/100
- Title:
- Herschel FIR observations of NGC3603
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/799/100
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We observed the giant H II region around the NGC 3603 young stellar cluster (YC) with the five broad bands (70, 160, 250, 350, 500{mu}m) of the SPIRE and PACS instruments, on board the Herschel Space Observatory. Together with what is currently known of the stellar, atomic, molecular, and warm dust components, this additional and crucial information should allow us to better understand the details of the star-formation history in this region. The main objective of the investigation is to study, at high spatial resolution, the distribution and main physical characteristics of the cold dust. By reconstructing the temperature and density maps, we found, respectively, a mean value of 36K and log_10_N_H_=22.0+/-0.1/cm2. We carried out a photometric analysis detecting 107 point-like sources, mostly confined to the north and south of the cluster. By comparing our data with spectral energy distribution models, we found that 35 sources are well represented by young stellar objects in early evolutionary phases, from Class 0 to Class I. The Herschel detections also provided far-IR counterparts for 4 H_2_O masers and 11 objects previously known from mid-IR observations. The existence of so many embedded sources confirms the hypothesis of intense and ongoing star-formation activity in the region around NGC 3603 YC.
173. HH 529 spectroscopy
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/644/1006
- Title:
- HH 529 spectroscopy
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/644/1006
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The spectra of Herbig-Haro objects are usually characteristic of ionization and excitation in shock-heated gas, whether an internal shock in an unsteady outflow or a bow shock interface with the interstellar medium. We examine the easternmost shock the leading optically visible shock of a Herbig-Haro outflow (HH 529) seen projected on the face of the Orion Nebula, using deep optical echelle spectroscopy, showing that the spectrum of this gas is consistent with photoionization by theta^1^ Ori C. By modeling the emission lines, we determine a gas-phase abundance of Fe that is consistent with the depleted (relative to solar) abundance found in the Orion nebula-evidence for the presence of dust in the nebula and therefore in the Herbig-Haro outflow. The spectrum also allows for the calculation of temperature fluctuations, t^2^, in the nebula and the shock. These fluctuations have been used to explain discrepancies between abundances obtained from recombination lines versus those obtained from collisionally excited lines, although to date there has not been a robust theory for how such large fluctuations (t^2^>0.02) can be.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/597/A114
- Title:
- Hi-GAL cluster candidates physical properties
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/597/A114
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The aims are to investigate the clustering of the far-infrared sources from the Herschel infrared Galactic Plane Survey (Hi-GAL) in the Galactic longitude range of -71 to 67{deg}. These clumps, and their spatial distribution, are an imprint of the original conditions within a molecular cloud. This will produce a catalogue of over-densities. The minimum spanning tree (MST) method was used to identify the over-densities in two dimensions. The catalogue was further refined by folding in heliocentric distances, resulting in more reliable over-densities, which are cluster candidates. We found 1633 over-densities with more than ten members. Of these, 496 are defined as cluster candidates because of the reliability of the distances, with a further 1,137 potential cluster candidates. The spatial distributions of the cluster candidates are different in the first and fourth quadrants, with all clusters following the spiral structure of the Milky Way. The cluster candidates are fractal. The clump mass functions of the clustered and isolated are statistically indistinguishable from each other and are consistent with Kroupa's initial mass function.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/526/A151
- Title:
- Hi-Gal sources distance determination
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/526/A151
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Hi-GAL, an open time key-project of the Herschel satellite, was awarded 343 hours observing time to carry out a 5-band photometric imaging survey at 70, 160, 250, 350, and 500um of a |b|<=1{deg} wide strip of the Milky Way Galactic plane in the longitude range -70{deg}<=l<=70{deg}. Two 2{deg}x2{deg} fields centred at l=30{deg} and l=59{deg} have been observed with the SPIRE and PACS photometric cameras in parallel mode during the Herschel science demonstration phase (SDP). From the images, compact sources are extracted for which the distance must be established in order to determine their physical properties. The aim of this paper is to present the distance determination strategy for the Hi-GAL compact sources. We illustrate this strategy for the two fields at l=30{deg} and l=59{deg}.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/161/240
- Title:
- High-ionization emission in metal-deficient BCDs
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/161/240
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Primordial stars are expected to be very massive and hot, producing copious amounts of hard ionizing radiation. The best place to study hard ionizing radiation in the local universe is in very metal- deficient blue compact dwarf (BCD) galaxies. We have carried out a MMT spectroscopic search for [NeV] {lambda}3426 (ionization potential of 7.1Ryd), [FeV] {lambda}4227 (ionization potential of 4Ryd), and HeII {lambda}4686 (ionization potential of 4Ryd) emission in a sample of 18 BCDs. We have added data from previous work and from the Data Release 3 of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (Cat. <II/259>). In total, we have assembled a BCD high-ionization sample with [NeV] emission in four galaxies, [FeV] emission in 15 galaxies, and HeII emission in 465 galaxies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/815/130
- Title:
- High-mass molecular clumps from MALT90
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/815/130
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present dust column densities and dust temperatures for ~3000 young, high-mass molecular clumps from the Millimeter Astronomy Legacy Team 90GHz survey, derived from adjusting single-temperature dust emission models to the far-infrared intensity maps measured between 160 and 870{mu}m from the Herschel/Herschel Infrared Galactic Plane Survey (Hi-Gal) and APEX/APEX Telescope Large Area Survey of the Galaxy (ATLASGAL) surveys. We discuss the methodology employed in analyzing the data, calculating physical parameters, and estimating their uncertainties. The population average dust temperature of the clumps are 16.8+/-0.2K for the clumps that do not exhibit mid-infrared signatures of star formation (quiescent clumps), 18.6+/-0.2K for the clumps that display mid-infrared signatures of ongoing star formation but have not yet developed an HII region (protostellar clumps), and 23.7+/-0.2 and 28.1+/-0.3K for clumps associated with HII and photo-dissociation regions, respectively. These four groups exhibit large overlaps in their temperature distributions, with dispersions ranging between 4 and 6K. The median of the peak column densities of the protostellar clump population is 0.20+/-0.02g/cm2, which is about 50% higher compared to the median of the peak column densities associated with clumps in the other evolutionary stages. We compare the dust temperatures and column densities measured toward the center of the clumps with the mean values of each clump. We find that in the quiescent clumps, the dust temperature increases toward the outer regions and that these clumps are associated with the shallowest column density profiles. In contrast, molecular clumps in the protostellar or HII region phase have dust temperature gradients more consistent with internal heating and are associated with steeper column density profiles compared with the quiescent clumps.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/132/242
- Title:
- H II absorption regions at 74MHz
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/132/242
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In this work we present 74MHz observations in the region 26{deg}>l>-15{deg}, -5{deg}<b<5{deg} report the detection of 92 absorption features associated with known HII regions; and derive the brightness temperature of the Galactic cosmic-ray electron synchrotron emission emanating from the column behind these regions. For the 42 HII regions with known distances, the average emissivity of the column behind the HII region is derived. The 74MHz emissivity values range between 0.3 and 1.0K/pc for a model assuming uniform distribution of emissivity. Methods for using this type of data to model the three-dimensional distribution of cosmic-ray emissivity and the possibility of using this method to break the HII region kinematic distance degeneracy are discussed.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/444/757
- Title:
- HII complexes optical and IR emissions
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/444/757
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present an analysis of optical spectroscopy and infrared aperture photometry of more than 100 HII complexes in nine galaxies. Spectra obtained with the 6-m telescope of Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences are used along with archival data from Spitzer and several ground-based telescopes to infer a strength of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) emission, age, properties of the UV radiation field, and metallicity of studied HII complexes. Physical properties (age, radiation field parameters, metallicity) are related to the F_8_/F_24_ ratio used as a proxy for the PAH abundance in order to reveal factors that may influence the PAH evolution in HII complexes. The well-known correlation between the F_8_/F_24_ ratio and metallicity is confirmed in the studied complexes. The infrared flux ratio also correlates with the [Oiii]{lambda}5007/H{beta} ratio which is often considered as an indicator of the radiation field hardness, but this correlation seems to be a mere reflection of a correlation between [Oiii]{lambda}5007/H{beta} and metallicity. In separate metallicity bins, the F_8_/F_24_ ratio is found to correlate with an age of an Hii complex, which is estimated from the equivalent width of H{beta} line. The correlation is positive for low-metallicity complexes and negative for high-metallicity complexes. Analysing various mechanisms of PAH formation and destruction in the context of found correlations, we suggest that PAH abundance is likely altered by the UV radiation within HII complexes, but this is not necessarily due to their destruction. If PAHs can also form in Hii complexes due to some processes like aromatization, photodestruction, shattering and sputtering of very small grains, the net F_8_/F_24_ ratio is determined by a balance between all these processes that can be different at different metallicities.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/476/89
- Title:
- HII galaxies narrow-band Hbeta images
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/476/89
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Our aims is to create a catalog of images of HII galaxies and their individual star-formation regions in order to study the distribution of the gas emission and their underlying stellar continuum. We have used H{beta} narrow-band images of 43 selected HII galaxies obtained at ESO NTT 3.58m telescope using the SUSI2 camera. Surface photometric H{beta} fluxes and equivalent widths for all objects and star-formation regions are presented in this catalog.
