Redshifted Diffuse Interstellar Bands in Orion OB1 association

TL;DR

This study measures a consistent redshift of certain diffuse interstellar bands in the Orion OB1 association, exploring potential physical causes for this anomaly, which may reveal new insights into interstellar medium conditions.

Contribution

First measurement of a uniform redshift in specific DIBs in Orion OB1, linking spectral shifts to local physical conditions in the interstellar medium.

Findings

DIBs at 4502, 5705, 5780, 6284, and 7224 Å are redshifted by ~25 km/s.

Redshift is absent in DIBs at 6196 and 6993 Å.

Physical conditions in Orion Trapezium may cause the observed spectral shifts.

Abstract

The wavelength displacement of the Diffuse Interstellar Bands at 4502, 5705, 5780, 6284, and 7224 \AA\ with respect to the well known, narrow atomic/molecular interstellar lines (of Ca{\sc ii} and Na{\sc i}) have been measured in the spectra of the 2 Orion Trapezium stars HD 37022 and HD 37020, using the HARPS\textendash N spectrograph, fed with the 3.5 m Telescopio Nazionale Galileo, and the BOES spectrograph, fed with the 1.8m Korean telescope. The red shift is $\sim$25 km/s for all these DIBs. We discuss the various possible origins of this very peculiar wavelength shift in the light of the particular physical conditions in the Orion Trapezium. The above mentioned shift is seemingly absent in the DIBs at 6196 and 6993 \AA.