Physical conditions in photodissociation regions - Application to galactic nuclei

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Jul 1990

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 358, July 20, 1990, p. 116-131.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

191

Galactic Nuclei, Galactic Radiation, Infrared Sources (Astronomy), Interstellar Matter, Photodissociation, Fine Structure, Infrared Astronomy Satellite, Infrared Spectroscopy, Molecular Clouds, Physical Properties

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A procedure is outlined which determines the physical characteristics of the neutral interstellar medium in the nuclei of luminous galaxies. The method uses millimeter and IR observations to find the mass and density of the molecular and atomic gas components as well as the UV flux incident on clouds. The area and volume filling factors and approximate number of clouds and cloud radii are also found. For the Galactic center, about 100 clouds of radius about 0.4 pc and density about 100,000/cu cm are found within about 5 pc. The atomic gas temperature is about 700 K and the FUV field on clouds is about 100,000 times the local Galactic FUV field. The flux is consistent with a central source of luminosity of 2-3 x 10 to the 7th solar. Roughly 100,000 clouds of radius roughly 0.4 pc are found within the roughly 330 pc nuclear region of M82. The large number of clouds produces a projected area filling factor approaching unity. Cloud heating may be dominated by an intense interstellar UV flux.

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