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We present a 39 h integration with the Odin satellite on the ground-state 118.75 GHz line of O2 towards the region of strongest molecular emission in the Small Magellanic Cloud. Our 3sigma upper limit to the O2 integrated intensity of…

The chemical abundances of neon and sulfur for 25 planetary nebulae (PNe) in the Magellanic Clouds are presented. These abundances have been derived using mainly infrared data from the Spitzer Space Telescope. The implications for the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-21 J. Bernard-Salas , S. R. Pottasch , S. Gutenkunst , P. W. Morris , J. R. Houck

We present C and O abundances in the Magellanic Clouds derived from deep spectra of HII regions. The data have been taken with the Ultraviolet-Visual Echelle Spectrograph at the 8.2-m VLT. The sample comprises 5 HII regions in the Large…

We demonstrate that ionization of $\text{H}_2$ by dark matter in dense molecular clouds can provide strong constraints on the scattering strength of dark matter with electrons. Molecular clouds have high UV-optical attenuation, shielding…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-08-28 Anirudh Prabhu , Carlos Blanco

Significant numbers of high-velocity HI clouds (HVCs) have now been detected in H-alpha, with a subset seen in low ionization lines (e.g. [NII]). It was originally hoped that the observed H-alpha strength would provide a distance constraint…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-03-10 J. Bland-Hawthorn , M. E. Putman

N113 is an HII region located in the central part of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) with an associated molecular cloud very rich in molecular species. Most of the previously observed molecular lines cover the frequency range 85-270 GHz.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-08-10 S. Paron , M. E. Ortega , M. Cunningham , P. A. Jones , M. Rubio , C. Fariña , S. Komugi

Using the Planck far-infrared and Arecibo GALFA 21-cm line surveys, we identified a set of isolated interstellar clouds (approximately degree-sized on the sky and comprising 100 solar masses) and assessed the ratio of gas mass to dust mass.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-10-07 William T. Reach , Carl Heiles , Jean-Philippe Bernard

We present results of analysis of physical conditions (number density, intensity of UV field, kinetic temperature) in the cold H$_2$-bearing interstellar medium of local and high redshift galaxies. Our measurements based on the fit to the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-07 V. V. Klimenko , S. A. Balashev

We observed five central stars of planetary nebulae (CSPN) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and three in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) with the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE), in the range 905-1187 Ang. We performed a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 J. E. Herald , L. Bianchi

Motivated by recent observations of deuterated molecules in the interstellar medium, we examine the production of HD and D$_2$ molecules on dust grain surfaces. A mechanism for the enhanced production of these deuterated molecules is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Azi Lipshtat , Ofer Biham , Eric Herbst

We use high resolution spectra obtained with FUSE and STIS to obtain interstellar column densities of H I, D I, O I, S II, Fe II and P II toward the QSO HE 0226-4110 ( l = 253.4 deg , b = -65.77 deg). We obtain D/H = 21(+8, -6) ppm.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Blair Savage , Nicolas Lehner , Andrew Fox , Bart Wakker , Kenneth Sembach

The low Galactic halo is enveloped by a sheath of ionized, low-metallicity gas, which can provide a substantial (1 M_sun/yr) cooling inflow to replenish star formation in the disk. Using absorption spectra from the HST and FUSE toward 37…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-02-11 J. Michael Shull , Jennifer R. Jones , Charles W. Danforth , Joseph A. Collins

Context. High latitude molecular clouds (hereafter HLMCs) permit the study of interstellar gas dynamics and astrochemistry with good accuracy due to their proximity, generally clear lines of sight, and lack of internal star-forming activity…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-01-16 Marco Monaci , Loris Magnani , Steven N. Shore

We present high-resolution (sub-parsec) observations of a giant molecular cloud in the nearest star-forming galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud. ALMA Band 6 observations trace the bulk of the molecular gas in $^{12}$CO(2-1) and high column…

Using the data obtained with the Spitzer Space telescope as part of the Surveying the Agents of a Galaxy's Evolution (SAGE) legacy survey, we have studied the variations of the dust composition and abundance across the Large Magellanic…

Ionized nebulae have been targets of interest since the introduction of the telescope centuries ago. These isolated, "classical" H II regions gave us some of the earliest insight into the copious feedback energy that stars inject into the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-06-09 L. M. Haffner

Ionized nebulae provide critical insights into the conditions of the interstellar medium (ISM). Their bright emission lines enable the measurement of physical properties, such as the gas-phase metallicity, across galaxy disks and in distant…

We present interstellar elemental abundance measurements derived from Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph echelle observations of 47 sight lines extending up to 6.5 kpc through the Galactic disk. These paths probe a variety of interstellar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Stefan I. B. Cartledge , J. T. Lauroesch , David M. Meyer , Ulysses J. Sofia

The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (LMC, SMC) are nearby dwarf galaxies whose proximity uniquely enables molecular cloud-scale resolution observations across the entire Magellanic system, a capability unmatched in any other external…

We present new MUSE observations of a galaxy group probed by a background quasar. The quasar sightline passes between multiple $z=0.28$ galaxies, whilst showing at the same redshift low ionised metal line species, including Ca II, Mg I, Mg…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-04-14 R. Bielby , N. H. M. Crighton , M. Fumagalli , S. L. Morris , J. P. Stott , N. Tejos , S. Cantalupo