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1 Class #4 11 September 2008

2 Review Stellar evolution/nucleosynthesis/h-r diagrams Phases of the Interstellar Medium The Hydrogen Atom

3 H-R diagram for 47 Tuc Evolution+nucleosynt hesis each box is a different burning stage Could you sketch the H-R diagram of this cluster and label all of the major burning stages?

4 Stellar initial mass function dn = N o ξ(m)dm dm M ξ(m) = total mass of burst/episode Observationally: ξ(m) goes as M Slight variation with mass, according to some Salpeter IMF

5 Density of any locale on a CMD is a function of IMF, SFR, mass, and age C(M V, V-I) = ξ(log m, t) x SFR(t) dt dlogm Small mass bin (i.e. single mass) Constant IMF (ξ) Can recover star formation history from a complex CMD Statistical Approach What is the probability that a certain disitrbution of points on the CMD came from one particular set of stellar evolution models (Tolstoy & Saha 1996)

6 Optically visible components Dark band through center of the MW Diffuse emission regions Verification Cluster diameter vs luminosity distances Non-varying absorption lines in binaries NGC 891 viewed edge-on

7 Phase Temp. n f.f. Diag. Cold low CO Cool low HI Warm high HI Warm high Hα Hot high X-ray Relativistic?? High Synch.

8 Cold molecular line spectroscopy with radio/mm wave telescopes. CO has a dipole moment, transitions due to ang mo quantum number (e.g. J=1 0 at 2.6mm) I CO = dv T A (2.6mm line of 12 CO) T A is the antenna temperature so that P = kt A Conversion to H 2 Assume CO linewidth is gravitational, so that the velocity dispersion is σ = (GM/R) 1/2 (so I CO is proportional to mass) X N(H 2 )/I CO ~ 2.3 x (is this really the same everywhere???) Other methods include UV spectroscopy to get H 2, even more complex molecules (e.g. HCN)

9 di ν /ds = (hν/4π)[n 2 A 21 (n 1 B 12 n 2 B 21 )(4πI ν /c)] n = # density of atoms A 21 = prob. for spontaneous emission B 12 = prob. for stimulated emission B 21 = prob. for absorption di ν /dτ ν + I ν = S v (S = source function) I ν (τ) = I ν (0)e -τ + S ν (1-e -τ ) Assume thermodynamic equilibrium so the source function is the Planck function and level populations is governed by: n(2)/n(1) = g(2)/g(1) x exp(-hν/kt)

10 A 21 = (8πhν 3 /c 3 )B 21 g 1 B 12 = g 2 B 21 Assume hν << kt So B v (T) = (2kTν 2 /c 2 ) So. I ν (τ) = I ν (0)e -τ + (2kTν 2 /c 2 )(1-e -τ ) T B (c 2 /2kν 2 )I ν ; substitute this in and get T B (τ) = T B (0) e -τ + (1-e - τ )T

11 Optically thin (τ << 1) T B = τt Optically thick (τ >> 1) T B = T

12 Hyperfine transition in the ground state from the interaction between the spins of the electron and proton. ΔE = 6 x 10-6 ev freq = GHz Lifetime of excited level is long (10 7 yr) so collisional excitation and de-excitation is fast compared to spontaneous decay. Level populations depend only on kinetic temperature of the gas. Optical depth = (B 12 h 2 ν 2 /ck)n 1 /T N 1 = ds n 1 = column density of H atoms capable of absorbing at frequency, ν With some more approximations and rearranging we can get a famous relationship N H = 1.82 x dv T B (if optically thin), and M H = 2.36 x 10 5 D 2 S(v) dv, where S(v) is in Jy km s -1

13 Largely yields emission lines via recombination into various primary quantum levels Hα (656.3nm) arises from transition from n=3 to n=2. See example from M33 Also a few higher ionization states of heavier nuclei in the UV (e.g. CIV).

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16 D = 950 kpc, SFR = 0.03 M 0 yr -1, high density of W-R stars Thurow & Wilcots 2005

17 HI clouds in IC 10 main star-forming regions

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19 Gas heated to 10 6 K (probably by SNe) Powerful probe of mass distribution in galaxy clusters Detected via X-ray emission Point source population Diffuse hot gas Emission via Brehmstrahlung Emission lines of highly ionized species

20 McKee & Ostriker (1977): diffuse hot phase of the ISM with a filling factor of 100% Early detection of X-ray emitting superbubbles in the Milky Way: Sco-Cen, Orion-Eridanus (McCammon et al. '83, McCammon & Sanders '90) Origin of Soft X-Ray background MWG: local ISM + hot galactic halo Local Group: hot intergalactic medium Extragalactic: (un)resolved AGN + E galaxies

21 Radius: pc Temperature: ~ K Thermal pressure: p/k = 10 4 cm -3 K N(HI) = 6 x cm -2 (derived from soft X-ray absorption) Origin of the Local Bubble hot gas w/ 100% filling factor? diffuse gas reheated by recent SNe? a series of 2-5 SNe a few million years ago? an extension of nearby superbubble?

22 Einstein: 1' resolution M101 (McCammon & Sanders 1984) L X (diffuse) ~ erg s -1 ROSAT (PSPC): 1.'8 resolution, kev M101, N3184, N4395, N5055, N4736 (Cui et al. 1996) CXO: <1 over 8 arcminutes XMM/Newton: 15 over 30 arcminutes

23 X-ray emission Hα emission (WIYN) (Doane et al. 2007)

24 LMC Superbubbles: 1.7-9(10 6 )K Orion-Eri.: 3.3(10 6 )K N. P. Spur: 3.0(10 6 )K Sco-Cen: 4.6(10 6 )K NGC3631: 1,3(10 6 )K NGC6946: 2,7(10 6 )K M101:2,8(10 6 )K N253(halo): 4(10 6 )K M82(halo):3,4(10 6 )K Spirals are best fit with two temperature models of hot gas, but there is variation in the high temperature and surface brightness.

25 Diffuse emission is highly correlated with both spiral arms and HII regions Bulk of the diffuse emission arises from less than 25% of the area of the disk X-ray spectra are best fit with a two temperature model There is variation in the surface brightnesses between galaxies and variation in the temperature of the hot component

26 stellar winds + SNe dump erg into ISM creates hot bubble surrounded by swept up ISM and circumstellar matter gas heated by inward moving shock X-ray emission should be aligned with HI holes growth of chimneys (as means of getting hot gas into the halo) Norman & Ikeuchi

27 Stellar winds/sne drive expanding bubbles into ISM R s = 100(N * E 51 /n 0 ) 1/5 t 7 3/5 pc (McCray & Kafatos 1987) V s = L W 1/5 n 0-1/5 t -2/5 Reverse shock heats bubble to K X-ray emitting Shell includes swept up ISM, dense neutral gas, possibly accelerated particles Ultimate fate Shell/bubble expands until P bubble = P ISM+IGM Breaks out of disk if P bubble > P ambient, V shell > V escape Shell accelerates in density gradient R(t) ~ r c + [1 + (3/3-w) 1/2 ]v i t n(r) ~ r -w

28 Concentrated SNe Nuclear starburst complete blowout of the ISM

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