Diffuse Atomic and Molecular Gas near IC443

Details Diffuse Atomic and Molecular Gas near IC443 Diffuse Atomic and Molecular Gas near IC443

2009-03-03

arxiv.org/abs/0903.0638v1

Astrophys.J.696:1533-1542,2009

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxy Astrophysics

To be published in ApJ

Scientific paper

10.1088/0004-637X/696/2/1533

We present an analysis of results on absorption from Ca II, Ca I, K I, and the molecules CH+, CH, C2, and CN that probes gas interacting with the supernova remnant IC443. The eleven directions sample material across the visible nebula and beyond its eastern edge. Most of the neutral material, including the diatomic molecules, is associated with the ambient cloud detected via H I and CO emission. Analysis of excitation and chemistry yields gas densities that are typical of diffuse molecular gas. The low density gas probed by Ca II extends over a large range in velocities, from -120 to +80 km/s in the most extreme cases. This gas is distributed among several velocity components, unlike the situation for the shocked molecular clumps, whose emission occurs over much the same range but as very broad features. The extent of the high-velocity absorption suggests a shock velocity of 100 km/s for the expanding nebula.

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