彗星の星間揮発性物質の含有量の探査として,氷のジェットからの昇華
G A Blake1, C Qi, M R Hogerheijde
1Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91125, USA. gab@gps.caltech.edu
Nature
|March 27, 1999
まとめ
ヘール・ボップ彗星
科学分野:
- 天文学と天体物理学について
- 惑星科学 惑星科学
- アストロケミストリー アストロケミストリー
背景:
- 彗星は,初期の太陽系と分子雲の惑星系への変容についての洞察を提供します.
- 以前の研究では,核と彗星による化学的過程を混ぜて,広範囲にわたる揮発性組成の平均値を示した.
研究 の 目的:
- ヘイル・ボップ彗星の揮発性物質の組成を高解像度で調査する.
- 彗星の物質の起源を,分子豊富さの比率を分析することによって決定する.
主な方法:
- ヘイル・ボップ彗星のHNC,DCN,HDO分子からの放射の高解像度観測.
- 小さなスケール (1-3 弧秒) で分子豊富な比率の分析.
主要な成果:
- 核の近くでアーチのような構造 (氷のジェット) を特定した.
- 小さなスケールでの観測された分子豊富度比は,より大きなスケールでの観測と有意に異なる.
- これらの比率は,星間雲や若い恒星物体で見られる比率と一致する.
結論:
- 核から放出される氷の粒からの昇華は,変化しない揮発性物質へのアクセスを提供します.
- ヘイル・ボップ彗星には,未処理の恒星間物質の相当な部分 (質量の15-40%) が含まれています.
- 初期の太陽星雲には,かなりの量の原始的な恒星間物質が組み込まれていたことを示唆しています.
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