Highly ionized interstellar gas located in the Galactic disk and halo

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Mar 1987

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987apj...314..380s&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 314, March 1, 1987, p. 380-396.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

134

Interstellar Gas, Ionized Gases, Milky Way Galaxy, Ultraviolet Spectra, Absorption Spectra, Photoionization, Stellar Spectra

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High-resolution IUE absorption line spectra have been obtained for 40 distant stars in order to study the distribution of interstellar H I, Si IV, C IV, and N V in the Galactic disk and lower halo. Respective midplane densities of 2 x 10 to the -9th, 7 x 10 to the -9th, and 3 x 10 to the -9th are found for Si IV, C IV, and Ni V. Both column density and velocity data indicate that the highly ionized gas (HIG) is considerably more extended in directions away from the Galactic plane than is H I or Si II. The absorption-line velocities for the halo HIG are consistent with the notion that halo gas in the inner Galaxy rotates more slowly than gas in the underlying disk. The derived column densities suggest an exponential scale height for the HIG of about 3 kpc; however, a simple exponential distribution is a poor representation of the distribution of the gas. It is concluded that a full explanation of the origin of the halo HIG will probably require a blending of ideas from the Galactic fountain and the photoionized halo models.

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