Mapping the Thermal Structure of Shocked Molecular Hydrogen with Spitzer IRAC

Details Mapping the Thermal Structure of Shocked Molecular Hydrogen with Spitzer IRAC Mapping the Thermal Structure of Shocked Molecular Hydrogen with Spitzer IRAC

May 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009aas...21442207y&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #214, #422.07; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.692

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Scientific paper

We calculated the IRAC color space of shocked H2 due to collisional excitation with H, He, and H2. The location of shocked H2 within the color space is a function of temperature and atomic hydrogen density. IRAC images of shocked H2 can be analyzed pixel by pixel and the temperature of the gas can be estimated based on the pixels location in color space. We include examples of outflows where we applied this analysis and created temperature maps. This work is based in part on archival data obtained with the Spitzer Space Telescope, which is operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology under a contract with NASA. Support for this work was provided by an award issued by JPL/Caltech and also a NASA LTSA Grant NNG05GD66G

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Mapping the Thermal Structure of Shocked Molecular Hydrogen with Spitzer IRAC does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Mapping the Thermal Structure of Shocked Molecular Hydrogen with Spitzer IRAC, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Mapping the Thermal Structure of Shocked Molecular Hydrogen with Spitzer IRAC will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1107283