A FUSE Absorption Line Study of the Lower Galactic Halo toward the Quasar PG 0804+761

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We present an analysis of interstellar absorption lines in the FUSE spectrum of the low-redshift quasar PG 0804 +761 at intermediate resolution (FWHM ~ 20 km s-1) in the interesting direction l=138.3, b=31.0. While the absorption pattern in the spectrum of PG 0804 +761 is dominated by absorption from local Galactic gas at 0 km s-1, we concentrate our study on absorption by neutral and ionized metals and molecular hydrogen related to the Low Latitude Intermediate Velocity Arch (LLIV Arch) in the lower Galactic halo at -60 km s-1 and on absorption from O vi extended to negative velocities. For the LLIV Arch we derive gas-phase abundances of ≈ 0.7 solar and a molecular hydrogen column density of 5.2 x 1014 cm-2. Absorption by O vi is extended to negative velocities as far as -100 km s-1. We speculate that the extended O vi absorption represents highly ionized, hot gas situated above the Local arm and the Perseus arm.

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