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Title: Absorption and Self-Absorption of [C II] and [O I] Far Infrared Lines Towards a Bright Bubble in the Nessie Infrared Dark Cloud
Authors: Jackson, J. M., Whitaker, J. S., Chambers, E. T., Simon, R., Guevara, C., Allingham, D., Patterson, P., Killerby-Smith, N., Askew, J., Vandenberg, T., Smith, H. A., Sanhueza, P., Stephens, I. W., Bonne, L., Polles, F., Schmiedeke, A., Honigh, N., Justen, M.
Publication Year: 2024
Collection: Astrophysics
Subject Terms: Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
More Details: Using the upGREAT instrument on SOFIA, we have imaged [C II] 157.74 and [O I] 63.18 micron line emission from a bright photodissociation region (PDR) associated with an ionized ``bubble'' located in the Nessie Nebula, a filamentary infrared dark cloud. A comparison with ATCA data reveals a classic PDR structure, with a uniform progression from ionized gas, to photodissociated gas, and on to molecular gas from the bubble's interior to its exterior. [O I] line emission from the bubble's PDR reveals self-absorption features. Toward a FIR-bright protostar, both [O I] and [C II] show an absorption feature at a velocity of $-18$ km/s, the same velocity as an unrelated foreground molecular cloud. Since the gas density in typical molecular clouds is well below the [O I] and [C II] critical densities, the excitation temperatures for both lines are low (~20 K). The Meudon models demonstrate that the surface of a molecular cloud, externally illuminated by a standard G_0 = 1 interstellar radiation field, can produce absorption features in both transitions. Thus, the commonly observed [O I] and [C II] self-absorption and absorption features plausibly arise from the subthermally excited, externally illuminated, photodissociated envelopes of molecular clouds. The luminous young stellar object AGAL337.916-00.477, located precisely where the expanding bubble strikes the Nessie filament, is associated with two shock tracers: NH3 (3,3) maser emission and SiO 2-1 emission, indicating interaction between the bubble and the filament. The interaction of the expanding bubble with its parental dense filament has triggered star formation.
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