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GBT radio recombination lines (GBT-5)

GBT radio recombination lines (GBT-5). Single Dish Summer School July 2009. Project Team. Advisor: Toney Minter (NRAO, Green Bank) Project Team: Daniel Angles-Alcazar ( Univ. of Puerto Rico) Joseph Richards (Caltech) Marty Bloss (NRAO, Green Bank). Project Description.

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GBT radio recombination lines (GBT-5)

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  1. GBT radiorecombination lines(GBT-5) Single Dish Summer School July 2009

  2. Project Team • Advisor: • Toney Minter (NRAO, Green Bank) • Project Team: • Daniel Angles-Alcazar (Univ. of Puerto Rico) • Joseph Richards (Caltech) • Marty Bloss (NRAO, Green Bank)

  3. Project Description • Use the GBT spectrometer to observe the radio recombination lines of Hydrogen, Helium, and Carbon • Sources: • planetary nebula NGC 7027 • HII regions DR 21, W3A • Measurements • Electron temperature of the emitted gas • Turbulent velocity of the gas

  4. Recombination Lines N = 105 N = 104 N = 103 N = 102 H103 α

  5. Techniques Required • GBT calibration, pointing and observing control • Position switching • Spectral line observations • Use GBT “vector calibrated" data to compare the result obtained from the cross-scans to estimate the accuracy of the calibration • Identify and flag RFI in observations • Reduce observation data via GBTIDL

  6. Observing Procedures • Modify pointing & observing scripts • Peaked up for pointing and focus • Calibrate on source and balance IF • Execute multiple spectral scans • “Sanity-check” results using GBTIDL during observations

  7. For each source: Derive flux density scale from calibrator (3C286) Estimate continuum level Collect and average multiple scans (flagging RFI) Fit baseline Fit Gaussians to potential recombination line areas Multiple Gaussians in some H103 recombinations Data Reduction

  8. For each source: Confirm line detections and calculate power and velocity Calculate electron temperature Calculate nonthermal velocity Data Reduction (cont.)

  9. Results DR 21

  10. Results: DR 21 • Total flux calculation: 10.23 Jy • Potential lines detected: • Hydrogen • Helium • Carbon • Electron temperature: 3,500 K • Kinetic temperature: 17,500 K • Turbulent velocity: 20.8 km/s • Abundance: He 4.9%, C 19.8%

  11. Results: W3A

  12. Results: W3A • Total flux calculation: 11.35 Jy • Potential lines detected: • Hydrogen • Helium • Carbon • Electron temperature: 2,400 K • Kinetic temperature: 4,300 K • Turbulent velocity: 17.3 km/s • Abundance: He 8.7%, C 19.8%

  13. Results: NGC 7027

  14. Results: NGC 7027 • Total flux calculation: 2.93 Jy • Potential lines detected: • Hydrogen • Electron temperature: 8,400 K • Three sigma limit of 63% for He or C abundance

  15. Findings • Hydrogen (H103a) recombination line was detected in W3A, DR 21, & NGC 7027 • Helium (He103a) and Carbon (C103a) recombination lines were detected in W3A and DR 21 • Electron temperatures were calculated using Hydrogen in all three sources • Turbulent velocities were calculated for W3A and DR 21

  16. Bibliography • A survey of H 109 a Recombination Line Emission in Galactic H II Regions of the Northern Sky, E.C Reifenstein III, et al., Astron & Astrophysics, Vol 4, 357-377

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