ISO SWS-LWS observations of the prototypical reflection nebula NGC 7023

Details ISO SWS-LWS observations of the prototypical reflection nebula NGC 7023 ISO SWS-LWS observations of the prototypical reflection nebula NGC 7023

Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000esasp.456...95f&link_type=abstract

ISO beyond the peaks: The 2nd ISO workshop on analytical spectroscopy. Eds. A. Salama, M.F.Kessler, K. Leech & B. Schulz. ESA-SP

Computer Science

Ism: Abundances, Ism: Individual (Ngc 7023), Reflection Nebulae, Stars: Individual (Hd 200775), Stars: Pre-Main-Sequence, Infrared: Ism: Lines And Bands

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We present SWS and LWS ISO observations towards a strip across the photodissociation region (PDR) in the reflection nebula NGC 7023. SWS02 and LWS01 spectra have been taken towards the star and the brightest infrared filaments located NW and SW from the star (hereafter NW and SW PDRs). In addition, SWS02 spectra have been taken towards two intermediate positions (NW1 and SW1). This has provided important information about the extent and spatial distribution of the warm H2 and of the atomic species in this prototypical reflection nebula. Strong emission of the [SiII] 34.8 μm line is detected towards the star. While all the PDR tracers (the [CII] 157.7 μm, [OI] 63.2 and 145.6 μm, [HI] 21 cm and the H2 rotational lines) present a ring-like morphology with the peaks toward the NW and SW PDRs and a minimum around the star, the SiII emission is filling the hole of this ring with the peak towards the star. This morphology can only be explained if the SiII emission arises in the lowest extinction layers of the PDR (Av < 2 mag) and the HII region. At least 20% - 30% of the Si must be in gas phase in these layers. For Av >= 2 mag, the Si is mainly in solid form (δ Si = -1.3). The NW and SW PDRs have very similar excitation conditions, high density filaments (n~ 106 cm-3) immersed in a more diffuse interfilament medium (n~ 104 cm-3). In both, the NW and SW PDRs, the intensities of the H2 rotational lines can only be fitted by assuming an ortho-to-para-H2 ratio lower than 3 in gas with rotation temperatures from 400 to 700 K. Therefore, there is a non-equilibrium OTP ratio in the region. Furthermore, the comparison between the OTP ratio derived from H2 vibrational lines and the pure H2 rotational lines, shows that the OTP ratio increases from ~ 1.5 to 3 across the photodissociation region with larger values in the less shielded gas (Av< 0.7 mag). This behavior is interpreted as a consequence of an advancing photodissociation front.

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