A multiwavelength investigation of the temperature of the cold neutral medium

Details A multiwavelength investigation of the temperature of the cold neutral medium A multiwavelength investigation of the temperature of the cold neutral medium

2005-11-10

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0511297v2

2006, MNRAS, 365, L1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

6 pages, 2 tables, 2 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS Letters. Abstract modified. The definitive version is availabl

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1745-3933.2005.00114.x

We present measurements of the H I spin temperatures (T_s) of the Cold Neutral Medium (CNM) towards radio sources that are closely aligned with stars for which published H_2 ortho-para temperatures (T_{01}) are available from UV observations. Our sample consists of 18 radio sources close to 16 nearby stars. The transverse separation of the lines of sight of corresponding the UV and radio observations varies from 0.1 to 12.0 pc at the distance of the star. The ultraviolet (UV) measurements do not have velocity information, so we use the velocities of low ionization species (e.g Na I, K I, C I) observed towards these same stars to make a plausible identification of the CNM corresponding to the H_2 absorption. We then find that T_{01} and T_s match within observational uncertainties for lines-of-sight with H_2 column density above 10^{15.8} cm^{-2}, but deviate from each other below this threshold. This is consistent with the expectation that in the CNM T_s tracks the kinetic temperature due to collisions and that T_{01} is driven towards the kinetic temperature by proton exchange reactions.

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