The origin and evolution of the [CII] deficit in HII regions and star-forming molecular clouds

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Ebagezio, S. [1 ]
Seifried, D. [1 ,2 ]
Walch, S. [1 ,2 ]
Bisbas, T.G. [1 ,3 ]
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[1] Universität zu Köln, I. Physikalisches Institut, Zülpicher Str. 77, Köln,50937, Germany
[2] Center for Data and Simulation Science, University of Cologne, Köln,50923, Germany
[3] Research Center for Astronomical Computing, Zhejiang Laboratory, Hangzhou,311100, China
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Astronomy and Astrophysics | 2024年 / 692卷
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Aims. We analyse synthetic emission maps of the [CII] 158 μm line and far-infrared (FIR) continuum of simulated molecular clouds (MCs) within the SILCC-Zoom project to study the origin of the observed [CII] deficit; that is; the drop in the [CII]/FIR intensity ratio caused by stellar activity. Methods. All simulations include stellar radiative feedback and the on-the-fly chemical evolution of hydrogen species; CO; and C+. We also account for further ionisation of C+ into C2+ inside HII regions; which is crucial to obtain reliable results. Results. Studying individual HII regions; we show that IFIR is initially high in the vicinity of newly born stars; and then moderately decreases over time as the gas is compressed into dense and cool shells. In contrast; there is a large drop in ICII over time; to which the second ionisation of C+ into C2+ contributes significantly. This leads to a large drop in I[CII] /IFIR inside HII regions; with I[CII] /IFIR decreasing from 10-3-10-2 at scales above 10 pc to around 10-6-10-4 at scales below 2 pc. However; projection effects can significantly affect the radial profile of I[CII]/IFIR; and their ratio; and can create apparent HII regions without any stars. Considering the evolution on MC scales; we show that the luminosity ratio; L[CII]/LFIR; decreases from values of ≈3; 10-2 in MCs without star formation to values of around ~10-3 in MCs with star formation. We attribute this decrease and thus the origin of the [CII] deficit to two main contributors: (i) the saturation of the [CII] line and (ii) the conversion of C+ into C2+ by stellar radiation. The drop in the L[CII]/LFIR ratio can be divided into two phases: (i) During the early evolution of HII regions; the saturation of [CII] and the further ionisation of C+ limit the increase in L[CII; while LFIR increases rapidly; leading to the initial decline of L[CII]/LFIR. (ii) In more evolved HII regions; LCII stagnates and even partially drops over time due to the aforementioned reasons. LFIR also stagnates as the gas gets pushed into the cooler shells surrounding the HII region. In combination; this keeps the global L[CII]/LFIR ratio at low values of ~10-3 © The Authors 2024;
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