Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Mar 1983
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983apj...266..576s&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 266, Mar. 15, 1983, p. 576-579.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Interstellar Matter, Ionization, Molecular Clouds, Nebulae, Absorption Spectra, Abundance, Calcium, Electron Density (Concentration), Line Of Sight, Radiation Distribution
Scientific paper
Observational technology is now reaching the point where optical absorption-line studies of dark interstellar clouds are becoming feasible. Such studies are of great interest. In particular, it will be important to discover the degree of depletion which has occurred in dark clouds. In order to assess depletions on the basis of observations of a limited range of ionization stages, it is necessary to analyze the ionization balance. The present investigation is concerned with such an analysis. The two key parameters necessary for deducing the ionization balance are the electron density and the radiation field intensity. A summary is provided regarding the existing data on the cloud density using data from the literature, and the radiation field intensity is derived from the observed H2 rotational excitation. The implications of both the density and radiation field data for the ionization balance of several species are discussed. It is found that for all species treated the first ion is dominant in the line of sight toward HD 147889.
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