Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-03-06
Astron.Astrophys. 386 (2002) 796
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
5 pages, 5 figures, uses A&A macro package, gzipped tar archive, accepted by A&A
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20020342
New high-resolution high signal-to-noise spectra of the $z=1.15$ damped Lyman $\alpha$ (DLA) system toward the quasi-stellar object HE 0515-4414 reveal absorption lines of the multiplets 2 and 3 in \ion{C}{i}. The resonance lines are seen in two components with total column densities of $\log N=13.79\pm0.01$ and $\log N=13.36\pm0.01$, respectively. The comparision of theoretical calculations of the relative fine-structure population with the ratios of the observed column densities suggests that the \ion{C}{i} absorbing medium is either very dense or exposed to very intense UV radiation. The upper limit on the local UV energy density is 100 times the galactic UV energy density, while the upper limit on the \ion{H}{i} number density is 110 cm$^{-3}$. The excitation temperatures of the ground state fine-structure levels of $T=15.7$ and $T=11.1$ K, respectively, are consistent with the temperature-redshift relation predicted by the standard Friedmann cosmology. The cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR) is only a minor source of the observed fine-structure excitation.
Baade Robert
Quast Ralf
Reimers Dieter
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