English
Related papers

Related papers: Monitoring the Variable Interstellar Absorption to…

200 papers

We present Hubble Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (HST/STIS) and Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) observations of high ion interstellar absorption along the sight line to HD 116852. At a distance of 4.8 kpc, HD 116852 is…

We report the first detection of the v=1--0, R(0) ro-vibrational transition of HF at 2.499385 microns arising from interstellar gas. The line is seen in absorption toward 3 background sources---HD 154368, Elias 29, and AFGL 2136 IRS 1---all…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-12 Nick Indriolo , D. A. Neufeld , A. Seifahrt , M. J. Richter

We report results from a FUSE survey of interstellar molecular hydrogen (H2) in the Galactic disk toward 139 O-type and early B-type stars at Galactic latitudes $|b| < 10^{\circ}$, with updated photometric and parallax distances. The H2…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-04-21 J. Michael Shull , Charles W. Danforth , Katherine L. Anderson

The spectrum of beta CMa (Mirzam) between 1000 and 1200 A was recorded at a wavelength resolving power ~ 60 000 by the Interstellar Medium Absorption Profile Spectrograph (IMAPS) during its orbital flight on the ORFEUS-SPAS II mission in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Edward B. Jenkins , Cecile Gry , Olivier Dupin

We describe an ultraviolet spectroscopic survey of interstellar high-velocity cloud (HVC) absorption in the strong 1206.500 Angstrom line of Si III using the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph aboard the Hubble Space Telescope. Because…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-14 Joseph A. Collins , Michael Shull , Mark L. Giroux

Moderate and high-resolution measurements (R ~ 40,000) of interstellar resonance lines of D I, C II, N I, O I, Al II, and Si II (light ions) are presented for all available observed targets located within 100 pc which also have…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Seth Redfield , Jeffrey L. Linsky

We present HST images of the remnant of SN 1885 seen in absorption against M31's bulge via resonance lines of Ca I, Ca II, Fe I, and Fe II. Viewed in CaII H & K line absorption, the remnant appears as a nearly black circular spot with an…

We have obtained high resolution FUSE and HST/STIS echelle observations of the quasar PG 1116+215. The semi-continuous coverage of the ultraviolet spectrum over the wavelength range 916-2800 provides detections of Galactic and high velocity…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Rajib Ganguly , Kenneth R. Sembach , Todd M. Tripp , Blair D. Savage

We report ultraviolet spectra of Galactic high-velocity clouds (HVCs) in Complex C, taken by the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), together with new 21-cm spectra from the Green Bank Telescope. The wide…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-28 Michael Shull , Matthew Stevans , Charles Danforth , Steven Penton , Felix J. Lockman , Nahum Arav

We report the detection of variable UV absorption lines in NGC 4395, based on UV observations with the HST STIS carried out in April and July, 2004, as part of a reverberation-mapping campaign. Low-ionization lines of O I, N I, Si II, C II,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2013-04-22 Alexei Baskin , Ari Laor

We have used the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope to detect HI 21cm absorption at $z \sim 0.7645$ in the gravitational lens system towards PMN J0134-0931. The 21cm profile has two broad components, with peak optical depths of $0.047 \pm…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 N. Kanekar , F. H. Briggs

We present an analysis of interstellar absorption along the line of sight to the nearby white dwarf star HZ43A. The distance to this star is 68+/-13 pc, and the line of sight extends toward the north Galactic pole. Column densities of OI,…

An independent analysis of the molecular hydrogen absorption system at z = 2.059 in the spectrum of the quasar J2123-0050 is presented. The H_2 system consists of two components (A and B) with column densities log N^A(H_2) = 17.94+/-0.01…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-03-07 V. V. Klimenko , S. A. Balashev , A. V. Ivanchik , D. A. Varshalovich

Context. The earliest phases of high-mass star formation are poorly understood. Aims. Our goal is to determine the physical conditions and kinematic structure of massive star-forming cloud clumps. Methods. We analyze H$_2$O 557 GHz line…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-15 Russell F. Shipman , Floris F. S van der Tak , Friedrich Wyrowski , Fabrice Herpin , Wilfred Frieswijk

We present a study of NV absorption systems at 1.5 < z < 2.5 in the optical spectra of 19 QSOs. Our analysis includes both absorbers arising from the intergalactic medium as well as systems in the vicinity of the background quasar. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 C. Fechner , P. Richter

We examine the variability in the intrinsic absorption in the Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 279 using three epochs of observations from the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) and two epochs of observations with the Space Telescope Imaging…

We present the results of a program that monitored the near-IR spectroscopic variability of a sample of 19 embedded protostars. Spectra were taken on time intervals from 2 days to 3 years, over a wavelength range from 0.85 {\mu}m to 2.45…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 MIchael Connelley , Thomas Greene

We analyze new HST/COS spectra for two quasar absorption outflows seen in the quasi-stellar object LBQS 1206+1052. These data cover, for the first time, absorption troughs from $S_{IV}$, $Si_{II}$, and $P_V$. From the ratio of the $S_{IV}$*…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-10 Timothy R. Miller , Nahum Arav , Xinfeng Xu , Gerard A. Kriss , Rachel J. Plesha , Chris Benn , Guilin Liu

We present a detailed analysis of a high resolution spectrum of the damped Ly$\alpha$ system at $z_{\rm abs}$~=~2.8112toward PKS~0528-250. The absorption redshift is slightly larger than the emission redshift of the quasar. We estimate the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Srianand , P. Petitjean

Using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) in Guizhou, China, we detect the 21cm neutral atomic hydrogen absorption in the young planetary nebula IC 4997. The absorption arises from a shell also associated with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-06 Xu-Jia Ouyang , Yong Zhang , Albert Zijlstra , Chuan-Peng Zhang , Jun-ichi Nakashima , Quentin A Parker