A World of Dust. Bare-Eye Nebula: Orion. Interstellar Medium
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1 Interstellar Medium Physics 113 Goderya Chapter(s): 10 Learning Outcomes: A World of Dust The space between the stars is not completely empty, but filled with very dilute gas and dust, producing some of the most beautiful objects in the sky. We are interested in the interstellar medium because a) dense interstellar clouds are the birth place of stars b) Dark clouds alter and absorb the light from stars behind them Bare-Eye Nebula: Orion One example of an interstellar gas cloud (nebula) is visible to the bare eye: the Orion nebula 1
2 Three Kinds of Nebulae (1) Hot star illuminates a gas cloud; excites and/or ionizes the gas (electrons kicked into higher energy states); 1) Emission Nebulae electrons recombining, falling back to ground state produce emission lines. The Fox Fur Nebula The Trifid NGC 2246Nebula Three Kinds of Nebulae (2) Star illuminates gas and dust cloud; 2) Reflection Nebulae star light is reflected by the dust; reflection nebula appear blue because blue light is scattered by larger angles than red light; Same phenomenon makes the day sky appear blue (if it s not cloudy). Scattering in Earth s Atmosphere (SLIDESHOW MODE ONLY) 2
3 Three Kinds of Nebulae (3) Dense clouds of gas and dust absorb the light from the stars behind; 3) Dark Nebulae appear dark in front of the brighter background; Bernard 86 Horsehead Nebula Interstellar Reddening Red light can more easily penetrate the cloud, but is still absorbed to some extent Blue light is strongly scattered and absorbed by interstellar clouds Barnard 68 Visible Infrared Infrared radiation is hardly absorbed at all Interstellar clouds make background stars appear redder Interstellar Reddening (2) The Interstellar Medium absorbs light more strongly at shorter wavelengths. 3
4 Structure of the ISM The ISM occurs in two main types of clouds: HI clouds: Cold (T ~ 100 K) clouds of neutral hydrogen (HI); moderate density (n ~ 10 a few hundred atoms/cm 3 ); size: ~ 100 pc Hot intercloud medium: Hot (T ~ a few 1000 K), ionized hydrogen (HII); low density (n ~ 0.1 atom/cm 3 ); gas can remain ionized because of very low density. The 21-cm Line of Neutral Hydrogen (II) Transitions from the higher-energy to the lowerenergy spin state produce a characteristic 21-cm radio emission line. => Neutral hydrogen (HI) can be traced by observing this radio emission. Observations of the 21-cm Line (1) G a l a c t i c p l a n e All-sky map of emission in the 21-cm line 4
5 Observations of the 21-cm Line (2) HI clouds moving towards Earth HI clouds moving away from Earth Individual HI clouds with different radial velocities resolved (from redshift/blueshift of line) Molecules in Space In addition to atoms and ions, the interstellar medium also contains molecules. Molecules also store specific energies in their a) rotation b) vibration Transitions between different rotational / vibrational energy levels lead to emission typically at radio wavelengths. Molecules in Space In addition to atoms and ions, the interstellar medium also contains molecules. Molecules also store specific energies in their a) rotation b) vibration Transitions between different rotational / vibrational energy levels lead to emission typically at radio wavelengths. 5
6 The Most Easily Observed Molecules in Space CO = Carbon Monoxide Radio emission OH = Hydroxyl Radio emission. The Most Common Molecule in Space: H 2 = Molecular Hydrogen Ultraviolet absorption and emission: Difficult to observe! But: Where there s H 2, there s also CO. Use CO as a tracer for H 2 in the ISM! Molecular Clouds Molecules are easily destroyed ( dissociated ) by ultraviolet photons from hot stars. They can only survive within dense, dusty clouds, where UV radiation is completely absorbed. Molecular Clouds : Largest molecular clouds are called Giant Molecular Clouds : UV emission from nearby stars destroys molecules in the outer parts of the cloud; is absorbed there. Diameter pc Temperature 10 K Total mass million solar masses Molecules survive Cold, dense molecular cloud core HI Cloud Interstellar Dust Probably formed in the atmospheres of cool stars. Mostly observable through infrared emission. Infrared and radio emissions from molecules and dust are efficiently cooling gas in molecular clouds IRAS (infrared) image of infrared cirrus of interstellar dust. 6
7 The Coronal Gas Additional component of very hot, low-density gas in the ISM: X-ray image of the Cygnus region T ~ 1 million K n ~ particles/cm 3 Observable in X-rays Called Coronal gas because of its properties similar to the solar corona (but completely different origin!) Our sun is located within Probably originates in supernova explosions (near the edge of) a and winds from hot stars coronal gas bubble. The Four Components of the Interstellar Medium Component Temperature [K] Density [atoms/cm 3 ] Main Constituents HI Clouds Neutral hydrogen; other atoms ionized i Intercloud Medium (HII) Partially ionized H; other atoms fully ionized Coronal Gas All atoms highly ionized H Molecular Clouds Neutral gas; dust and molecules The Interstellar Cycle Stars, gas, and dust are in constant interaction with each other. Stars are formed from dense molecular cloud cores. Hot stars ionize gas, producing HII regions. Young star clusters illuminate the remnants of their mother clouds, producing reflection nebulae Supernovae trigger shock waves in the ISM that lead to the compression of dense clouds and new star formation. Young star clusters leave Supernovae of trails of rarefied ISM behind. massive stars produce coronal gas and enrich the ISM with heavier elements. 7
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