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The Galactic HII region G353.2+0.9 is excited by the massive open cluster Pismis-24. By analyzing (sub-)mm molecular-line and -continuum we study the detailed morphology of the gas and dust, as well as their physical parameters and their…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-03 A. Giannetti , J. Brand , F. Massi , A. Tieftrunk , M. T. Beltran

Low-ionization metal absorption lines provide a primary probe of cool gas in and around galaxies. We confront observations of metal-line absorption in quasar spectra with predictions from the IllustrisTNG cosmological simulation in order to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-17 Ivan Rapoport , Ehud Behar , Vincent Desjacques

The structure and properties of the diffuse interstellar medium (ISM) on small scales, sub-au to 1 pc, are poorly understood. We compare interstellar absorption-lines, observed towards a selection of O- and B-type stars at two or more…

C$^+$ is a critical constituent of many regions of the interstellar medium, as it can be a major reservoir of carbon and, under a wide range of conditions, the dominant gas coolant. Emission from its 158$\mu$m fine structure line is used to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-08-19 Laurent Wiesenfeld , Paul F. Goldsmith

We aim to better understand the heating of the gas by observing the prominent gas cooling line [CII] at 158um in the low-metallicity environment of the Local Group spiral galaxy M33 at scales of 280pc. In particular, we aim at describing…

The distribution of various interstellar gas components and the pressure in the interstellar medium (ISM) is a result of the interplay of different dynamical mechanisms and energy sources on the gas in the Milky Way. The scale heights of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 W. D. Langer , J. L. Pineda , T. Velusamy

We report the results of a survey of OVI 1032 absorption along the lines of sight to 25 white dwarfs in the local interstellar medium (LISM) obtained with the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE). We find that interstellar OVI…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 W. R. Oegerle , E. B. Jenkins , R. L. Shelton , D. V. Bowen , P. Chayer

Spectra obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope GHRS are combined with high-resolution optical spectra and UV spectra from Copernicus to study the abundances and physical conditions in the diffuse interstellar clouds seen along the line of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 D. E. Welty , L. M. Hobbs , J. T. Lauroesch , D. C. Morton , L. Spitzer , D. G. York

Our objective is to investigate the physical properties of the ionised gas of the low-metallicity dwarf galaxy, IC 10, at various spatial scales: from individual HII regions to the entire galaxy scale and examine whether diagnostics for…

Line intensity mapping (LIM) is a promising approach to study star formation and the interstellar medium (ISM) in galaxies by measuring the aggregate line emission from the entire galaxy population. In this work, we develop a simple yet…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-01-08 Guochao Sun , Brandon S. Hensley , Tzu-Ching Chang , Olivier Doré , Paolo Serra

To determine the properties of the ionized gas at the edge of the CMZ near Sgr E we observed a small portion of the edge of the CMZ near Sgr E with spectrally resolved [C II] 158 micron and [N II] 205 micron fine structure lines at six…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 W. D. Langer , P. F. Goldsmith , J. L. Pineda , T. Velusamy , M. A. Requena-Torres , H. Wiesemeyer

We present an ultraviolet spectroscopic survey of strong H I absorbers in the intergalactic medium, probing their evolution over the last 6-7 Gyr at redshifts $0.24 \leq z \leq 0.84$. We measure column densities $N_{\rm HI} \,( {\rm…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-11-15 J. Michael Shull , Charles W. Danforth , Evan M. Tilton , Joshua Moloney , Matthew L. Stevans

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

HIFI GOT C+ Galactic plane [CII] spectral survey has detected strong emission at the spiral arm tangencies. We use the unique viewing geometry of the Scutum-Crux (S-C) tangency near i = 30degs to detect the warm ionized medium (WIM)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-05 T. Velusamy , W. D. Langer , J. L. Pineda , P. F. Goldsmith

An investigation of the IRAS 16148-5011 region - a cluster at a distance of 3.6 kpc - is presented here, carried out using multiwavelength data in near-infrared (NIR) from the 1.4m Infrared Survey Facility telescope, mid-infrared (MIR) from…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 K. K. Mallick , D. K. Ojha , M. Tamura , H. Linz , M. R. Samal , S. K. Ghosh

We present the first science results from our Hubble Space Telescope Survey for Lyman limit absorption systems (LLS) using the low dispersion spectroscopic modes of the Advanced Camera for Surveys and the Wide Field Camera 3. Through an…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 John M. O'Meara , J. Xavier Prochaska , Gabor Worseck , Hsiao-Wen Chen , Piero Madau

Nearby interstellar clouds with high (|v| >/= 10 km/s) random velocities although easily detected in NaI and CaII lines have hitherto not been detected (in emission or absorption) in the HI 21cm line. We describe here deep Giant Metrewave…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Rekhesh Mohan , K. S. Dwarakanath , G. Srinivasan , Jayaram N. Chengalur

We present Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer and Hubble Space Telescope observations of high, intermediate, and low ion absorption in high-velocity cloud Complex C along the lines of sight toward five active galaxies. Our purpose is to…

Using three-dimensional non-equilibrium ionization (NEI) hydrodynamical simulation of the interstellar medium (ISM), we study the electron density, $n_{e}$, in the Galactic disk and compare it with the values derived from dispersion…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-04 M. A. de Avillez , A. Asgekar , D. Breitschwerdt , E. Spitoni

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