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We report on preliminary results from the recent multi-epoch neutral hydrogen absorption measurements toward three pulsars, B0823+26, B1133+16 and B2016+28, using the Arecibo telescope. We do not find significant variations in optical depth…

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Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 B. P. Wakker , J. S. Mathis

New optical spectra of Ca II and Na I toward HD 72127AB provide additional evidence for both spatial and temporal variations in the complex interstellar absorption along the two sight lines; archival UV spectra yield information on the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Daniel E. Welty , Thuso Simon , L. M. Hobbs

AIMS. In this work we explore the possibility of using the fast expansion of a Type Ia supernova photosphere to detect extra-galactic ISM column density variations on spatial scales of ~100 AU on time scales of a few months. METHODS. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 F. Patat , N. L. J. Cox , J. Parrent , D. Branch

We briefly discuss the relevance of Lyman alpha forest observations for measuring cosmological parameters, comparing the properties of high z QSO spectra with those of artifical spectra from hydrodynamic simulations, based on hierarchical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Michael Rauch

We present an analysis of interstellar Na I (lambda=3302.37\AA, 3302.98\AA), Ti II (lambda=3383.76\AA) and Ca II K (lambda=3933.66\AA) absorption features for 74 sightlines towards O- and B-type stars in the Galactic disc. The data were…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 I. Hunter , J. V. Smoker , F. P. Keenan , C. Ledoux , E. Jehin , R. Cabanac , C. Melo , S. Bagnulo

We investigated HI absorption toward a single pulsar, PSR J1644$-$4559, and its variability over timescales from days to years, using Murriyang, CSIRO's Parkes Radio Telescope. Our 19 epochs of spectral observations, spanning 1.2 years with…

We present statistical and monitoring results of narrow absorption lines that are physically related to quasars (i.e., intrinsic NALs). We use Keck/HIRES spectra of 37 optically bright quasars at z=2-4, and identify 150 NAL systems that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. Misawa , M. Eracleous , J. C. Charlton , R. Ganguly , D. Tytler , D. Kirkman , N. Suzuki , D. Lubin

We present a search for O I in the spectra of nine 4.9 < z_qso < 6.4 QSOs taken with Keck/HIRES. We detect six systems with N(O I) > 10^13.7 cm^{-2} in the redshift intervals where O I 1302 falls redward of the Ly-alpha forest. Four of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 George D. Becker , Wallace L. W. Sargent , Michael Rauch , Robert A. Simcoe

We present a statistical census of the Na D-traced neutral interstellar medium (ISM) and outflows in 309 galaxies at $0.6<z<4$ using JWST/NIRSpec medium-resolution grating spectroscopy from the SMILES, JADES, Blue Jay, and Aurora surveys.…

We study the properties of low-column density gas clumps in the halo of the Milky Way based on high-resolution 21-cm observations. Using interferometric data from the WSRT and the VLA we study HI emission at low-, intermediate- and high…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-13 N. Ben Bekhti , P. Richter , B. Winkel , F. Kenn , T. Westmeier

(Abridged) We present a systematic study of weak intervening CaII absorbers at low redshift (z<0.5), based on the analysis of archival high resolution (R>45,000) optical spectra of 304 quasars and active galactic nuclei observed with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 P. Richter , F. Krause , C. Fechner , J. C. Charlton , M. T. Murphy

We present FUSE spectra of the giant HII region NGC604 in the spiral galaxy M33. Chemical abundances are derived from far-UV absorption lines and are compared to those derived from optical emission lines. We derived the column densities of…

We report on the abundance of interstellar neutral nitrogen (NI) for 30 sightlines, using data from the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) and the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). NI column densities are derived by measuring the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Adam G. Jensen , Brian L. Rachford , Theodore P. Snow

We present observations which probe the small-scale structure of the interstellar medium using diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs). Towards HD 168075/6 in the Eagle Nebula, significant differences in DIB absorption are found between the two…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-10-24 Keith T. Smith , Martin A. Cordiner , Peter J. Sarre

We present a comprehensive survey of CII* absorption detections toward stars within 100 pc in order to measure the distribution of electron densities present in the local interstellar medium (LISM). Using high spectral resolution…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Seth Redfield , Ross E. Falcon

Observations obtained with the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) have been used to determine the column densities of D I, O I, and N I along seven sight lines that probe the local interstellar medium (LISM) at distances from 37…

We use the absorption features from neutral argon at 1048 and 1066 A to determine interstellar abundances or their lower limits toward nine early-type stars. These features were observed with the Interstellar Medium Absorption Profile…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Ulysses J. Sofia , Edward B. Jenkins

Using visible, radio, microwave, and sub-mm data, we study several lines of sight toward stars generally closer than 1 kpc on a component-by-component basis. We derive the component structure seen in absorption at visible wavelengths from…