[CI] 492 GHz mapping toward Cas A

Details [CI] 492 GHz mapping toward Cas A [CI] 492 GHz mapping toward Cas A

2006-06-19

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0606445v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.371:761-768,2006

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted for publication in MNRAS

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10700.x

We have mapped the [C I] emission at 492 GHz toward the supernova remnant Cas A. We detect [C I] emission from the periphery of the diffuse Photon Dominated Region (PDR) covering the disk of Cas A, as traced by the carbon recombination lines, as well as from the denser PDRs associated with the molecular clouds towards the south-east. [C I] emission is detected from both the Perseus and Orion arm molecular clouds, with the -47 km s^-1 Perseus arm feature being strong enough to be detected at all positions. We estimate the C/CO relative abundance to be 0.2 at the position of the identified CO clouds and >1 for most of the cloud. Here we show that the distribution of [C I] emitting regions compared to the C+ region and molecular cloud is consistent with a scenario involving PDRs. Using physical models for PDRs we constrain the physical properties of the [C I] line-forming regions. We estimate the densities of the [C I] emitting regions to be between 10^2 and 10^3 cm^-3. Based on rather high volume filling factors (~50%) we conclude that [C I] emission mainly arises from diffuse neutral gas in the Perseus arm.

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