The Physical Conditions of "CIII-Only" Absorption Line Systems

Details The Physical Conditions of "CIII-Only" Absorption Line Systems The Physical Conditions of "CIII-Only" Absorption Line Systems

Dec 2005

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American Astronomical Society Meeting 207, #120.08; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 37, p.1362

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We examined the archives of the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) and Hubble Space Telescope (HST) / Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) to locate interesting quasar absorption line systems. Four "CIII-only" systems at z < 0.2 were noted, confirmed by Lyman alpha absorption. The column densities log N(C III) for these systems are in the range 13.5-14.0, but no other metal lines, such as CIV and OVI, are detected. We considered whether photoionization or collisional ionization could produce the observed systems. We discovered that both could produce the observed spectra, and derived ranges of ionization parameters, metallicities for each process. For photoionization, we found that the "CIII-only" systems could be produced when the ionization parameter, log U, is around -1.5, assuming a solar abundance pattern. We compare our results to the properties and rate of incidence of other types of absorption systems, such as CIV and OVI absorbers.

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