Spitzer IRAC Detection and Analysis of Shocked Molecular Hydrogen Emission

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2009-03-07

arxiv.org/abs/0903.1351v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

4 page, 3 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ Letters

Scientific paper

10.1088/0004-637X/695/1/L120

We use statistical equilibrium equations to investigate the IRAC color space of shocked molecular hydrogen. The location of shocked H_2 in [3.6]-[4.5] vs [4.5]-[5.8] color is determined by the gas temperature and density of neutral atomic hydrogen. We find that high excitation H_2 emission falls in a unique location in the color-color diagram and can unambiguously be distinguished from stellar sources. In addition to searching for outflows, we show that the IRAC data can be used to map the thermal structure of the shocked gas. We analyze archival Spitzer data of Herbig-Haro object HH 54 and create a temperature map, which is consistent with spectroscopically determined temperatures.

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