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FUSE and IUE observations of Sk -69 246, a WN 6 star to the north of 30 Dor, reveal the existence of LMC interstellar gas in at least 3 velocity components.In one of these components FUSE spectra show strong absorption by molecular hydrogen…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Hartmut Bluhm , Klaas S. de Boer

We compare the properties of shocked gas in Sgr B2 with maps obtained from 3D simulations of a collision between two fractal clouds. In agreement with $^{13}$CO(1-0) observations, our simulations show that a cloud-cloud collision produces a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-01-25 Wladimir Banda-Barragán , Jairo Armijos-Abendaño , Helga Dénes

The rotational transitions of carbon monoxide (CO) are the primary means of investigating the density and velocity structure of the molecular interstellar medium. Here we study the lowest four rotational transitions of CO towards…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 James G. Ingalls , T. M. Bania , Adair P. Lane , Matthias Rumitz , Antony A. Stark

We report the first direct detection of molecular hydrogen associated with the Galactic nuclear wind. The Far-Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer spectrum of LS 4825, a B1 Ib-II star at $l,b$ = 1.67$^{\circ}$,$-$6.63$^{\circ}$ lying $d$ =…

We report the discovery of nearly a dozen collimated outflows from young stellar objects embedded in the molecular filament that extends north of the Orion Nebula towards the H II region NGC 1977. The large number of nearly co-eval outflows…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Ka Chun Yu , John Bally , David Devine

We investigate star formation at very early evolutionary phases in five massive clouds in the inner 500 pc of the Galaxy, the Central Molecular Zone. Using interferometer observations of H$_2$O masers and ultra-compact H II regions, we find…

We report mapping observations of the $^{12}$CO $J=3-2$, $4-3$, $6-5$, and $7-6$ transitions and the CI 492 GHz transition toward the central 40$''\times$40$''$ region of the Circinus galaxy, using the Atacama Pathfinder EXperiment (APEX)…

We present the first detection of interstellar acetone [(CH3)2CO] toward the high mass star forming region Orion-KL and the first detection of vibrationally excited (CH3)2CO in the ISM. Using the BIMA Array, 28 emission features that can be…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. N. Friedel , L. E. Snyder , Anthony J. Remijan , B. E. Turner

We calculate the expected Mid-IR molecular hydrogen line emission from the first objects in the universe. Due to their low masses, the stellar feedback from massive stars is able to blowaway their gas content and collect it into a cooling…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Benedetta Ciardi , Andrea Ferrara

ABRIDGED: Context: HI and CO large scale surveys of the Milky Way trace the diffuse atomic clouds and the dense shielded regions of molecular hydrogen clouds. However, until recently, we have not had spectrally resolved C+ surveys to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 W. D. Langer , T. Velusamy , J. L. Pineda , K. Willacy , P. F. Goldsmith

The 1-50 GHz GBT PRIMOS data contains ~50 molecular absorption lines observed in diffuse and translucent clouds located in the Galactic Center, Bar, and spiral arms in the line-of-sight to Sgr B2(N). We measure the column densities and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-02-14 Joanna Corby , Brett McGuire , Eric Herbst , Anthony Remijan

Using 10 sightlines observed with the Hubble Space Telescope/Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, we study the circumgalactic medium (CGM) and outflows of IC1613, which is a low-mass ($M_*\sim10^8~M_\odot$), dwarf irregular galaxy on the outskirts…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-01-06 Yong Zheng , Andrew Emerick , Mary E. Putman , Jessica K. Werk , Evan N. Kirby , Joshua E. G. Peek

Presolar silicon carbide (SiC) grains in meteoritic samples can help constrain circumstellar condensation processes and conditions in C-rich stars and core-collapse supernovae. This study presents our findings on eight presolar SiC grains…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-31 Sheryl A. Singerling , Nan Liu , Larry R. Nittler , Conel M. O'D. Alexander , Rhonda M. Stroud

We report the detection of magnesium dicarbide, MgC$_2$, in the laboratory at centimeter wavelengths and assign $^{24}$MgC$_2$, $^{25}$MgC$_2$, and $^{26}$MgC$_2$ to 14 unidentified lines in the radio spectrum of the circumstellar envelope…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-07 P. B. Changala , H. Gupta , J. Cernicharo , J. R. Pardo , M. Agúndez , C. Cabezas , B. Tercero , M. Guélin , M. C. McCarthy

We present the first detection in space of thionylimide (HNSO) toward the Galactic Center molecular cloud G+0.693-0.027, thanks to the superb sensitivity of an ultradeep molecular line survey carried out with the Yebes 40$\,$m and IRAM…

We report on the discovery of two new molecules, HCCCHCCC and HCCCCS, towards the starless core TMC-1 in the Taurus region from the QUIJOTE line survey in the 31.1-50.2 GHz frequency range. We identify a total of twenty-nine lines of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-11-09 R. Fuentetaja , M. Agúndez , C. Cabezas , B. Tercero , N. Marcelino , J. R. Pardo , P. de Vicente , J. Cernicharo

We use both chirped-pulse Fourier transform and frequency modulated absorption spectroscopy to study the rotational spectrum of 2-methoxyethanol in several frequency regions ranging from 8.7-500 GHz. The resulting rotational parameters…

We report the results of initial FUSE observations of molecular hydrogen (H2) in translucent clouds. These clouds have greater optical depth than any of the diffuse clouds previously observed for far-UV H2 absorption, and provide new…

We present new [Ne II] (12.8 micron) IRTF/TEXES observations of the Galactic Center HII regions H1 and H2, which are at a projected distance of ~11 pc from the center of the Galaxy. The new observations allow to map the radial velocity…

We present FUSE observations of the interstellar gas toward 30 white dwarf and 1 subdwarf (SdO) stars. These sightlines probe the Local Bubble (LB) and the local interstellar medium (LISM) near the LB. Our survey detected only diffuse H_2…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 N. Lehner , E. B. Jenkins , C. Gry , H. W. Moos , P. Chayer , S. Lacour