The N (II) 205 micron line in M82: The warm ionized medium

Details The N (II) 205 micron line in M82: The warm ionized medium The N (II) 205 micron line in M82: The warm ionized medium

May 1994

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994apj...427l..17p&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters, vol. 427, no. 1, p. L17-L20

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Far Infrared Radiation, Fine Structure, Infrared Astronomy, Interstellar Matter, Ionized Gases, Line Spectra, Luminous Intensity, M Stars, Nitrogen Ions, Starburst Galaxies, Two Fluid Models, Calibrating, Gratings (Spectra), Infrared Spectrometers, Kuiper Airborne Observatory

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Detection of the 205 micrometer fine structure line of N II in the nearby starburst galaxy M82 is reported. The intensity wihin a 54 sec Full width at Half Maximum (FWHM) beam is (7.1 +/- 1.2) x 10-19 W cm-2. The ratio of the intensity of the recently detected 122 micrometer line to that of the 2.5 micrometer lines is = (4.2) =1.6 -1.2, significantly larger than the corresponding Galactic value of 1.6 +/- 0.3, reflecting higher electron densities within the central 850 pc of M82 in comparison to the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) Galactic average. The 2.5 micrometer line profile is consistent with other far-infrared fine-structure line profiles observed in M82. The observations are interpreted in the context of a two-component model of the ionized medium in M82. We find that a component of density as low as approximately 50 cm-3 can comprise up to 70% of the total mass of warm ionized gas within the beam. The balance of the ionized mass is comprised of a component of density approximately greater than 100 cm-3. A model is explored in which the dneser ionized medium constitute the boundaries of neutral surfaces which border the expanding hot plasma from the nuclear region.

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