A near-infrared survey of radio-selected ultracompact HII regions

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作者
Hanson, MM [1 ]
Luhman, KL
Rieke, GH
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[1] Univ Cincinnati, Dept Phys, Cincinnati, OH 45221 USA
[2] Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[3] Univ Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
关键词
HII regions; infrared : ISM; ISM : lines and bands; ISM : molecules; stars : evolution; stars : formation;
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10.1086/324073
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
A near-infrared (NIR) survey of 63 radio-selected, ultracompact (UC) H II regions representing 47 different star-forming sites has been completed. The survey was obtained using H-band imaging and moderate-resolution, R = 1200, K-band spectroscopy, centered on the radio emission peak of the UC H II regions. The goal of this survey was to determine the fraction of radio-selected UC H II regions that can be studied with NIR observations and analysis. Approximately 50% of the 63 radio-selected UC H II regions appear to be detected at NIR wavelengths in Brgamma emission (10(7) ergs s(-1) cm(-2) sr(-1)). Typical line-of-sight extinction toward the detected UC H II regions ranged from A(V) = 30 to 50, though one source was measured to have A(V) = 80. For a few of these UC H II regions, the central ionizing sources are detected through high signal-to-noise ratio NIR spectra of photospheric transitions. This preliminary survey suggests that perhaps 5%-10% of UC H II regions showing NIR counterparts will have directly detectable central ionizing sources. Using the ratio of He I 2.11 to Brgamma, the effective temperatures of the central ionizing stars in 25 UC H II regions have been estimated. While He I is not always detected in UC H II regions, when it was found or a meaningful upper limit determined, the spectral type implied by the ratio of He I 2.11 to Brgamma closely matched similar estimates of spectral type derived from radio. Model predictions based on mid-infrared measurements appear to underestimate the temperature of the central ionizing stars for which we have directly detected spectral types. The line ratios of H(2) 2-1 S(1) and 1-0 S(0) relative to the 1-0 S(1) line in our sample of UC H II regions are generally indicative of dense photodissociation regions rather than shocks, similar to what is seen in the Orion Bar. This was true even for UC H II regions showing very weak Brgamma emission. While Brgamma was generally found to be spatially correlated with the radio emission, showed little correlation with the UC H II regions, typically lying H 2 greater than or similar to10" from the central radio emission. A discussion of each UC H II region studied is included in an extensive appendix.
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