A dataset provided by the European Space Agency

Name OT2_fvandert_1
Title Spatial distribution of HF emission in photon-dominated regions
URL

http://archives.esac.esa.int/hsa/whsa-tap-server/data?retrieval_type=OBSERVATION&observation_id=1342250409&instrument_name=HIFI&product_level=LEVEL0&compress=true
DOI https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-uom2oxi
Author van der tak, f.
Description The HF molecule is an excellent tracer of H2, even at low column densities where CO is photodissociated, as shown by widespread absorption in the 1--0 line at 1232 GHz seen with Herschel. We have made the surprising observation that this line appears in emission towards the Orion Bar, which is where ultraviolet radiation from the Trapezium stars hits the molecular cloud and causes heating and dissociation. Three mechanisms may cause this unusual effect: thermal excitation, which requires very high gas densities; radiative pumping by dust continuum or H2 line emission at ~2.5 microns; or chemical pumping where most HF is formed in the J=1 state. These models each predict a distinct spatial distribution of HF, which is why we hereby propose one-dimensional maps of HF in the Orion Bar and two similar regions. Combined with existing maps of CO and dust emission, the new data will constrain the density structure of molecular clouds in the low column density regime which is inaccessible to other telescopes, and thus offer fundamental insight into the physics of the interstellar medium.
Publication
  • Origin of hydrogen fluoride emission in the Orion Bar. An excellent tracer for CO-dark H2 gas clouds | Kavak U. et al. | Astronomy and Astrophysics | null | null | 2019A&A...631A.117K |
Instrument HIFI_HifiMapping_fly
Temporal Coverage 2012-08-28T19:31:47Z/2012-08-28T21:16:40Z
Version SPG v14.1.0
Mission Description Herschel was launched on 14 May 2009! It is the fourth cornerstone mission in the ESA science programme. With a 3.5 m Cassegrain telescope it is the largest space telescope ever launched. It is performing photometry and spectroscopy in approximately the 55-671 µm range, bridging the gap between earlier infrared space missions and groundbased facilities.
Creator Contact https://support.cosmos.esa.int/h®erschel/
Date Published 2013-02-28T19:31:47Z
Last Update 2026-03-02
Keywords Herschel Space Observatory data, ESA Herschel mission dataset, far-infrared astronomy observations, submillimeter astronomy data, infrared space telescope observations, PACS photometer data, PACS spectrometer data, SPIRE photometer data, SPIRE Fourier transform spectrometer data, HIFI heterodyne spectroscopy data, far-infrared spectroscopy dataset, submillimeter spectral line observations, cold universe observations dataset, star formation infrared data, molecular cloud far-infrared observations, interstellar medium spectroscopy data, protoplanetary disk infrared observations, galaxy evolution far-infrared data, dust emission submillimeter observations, cosmic infrared background measurements, extragalactic infrared survey data, calibrated level 2 data products, FITS files astronomy, spectral cubes far-infrared, flux-calibrated maps, continuum photometry data, spectral energy distribution measurements, ESA Herschel Science Archive data
Publisher And Registrant European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines European Space Agency, van der tak et al., 2013, 'Spatial distribution of HF emission in photon-dominated regions', SPG v14.1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-uom2oxi