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May 1995
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995apj...445..314s&link_type=abstract
The Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 445, no. 1, p. 314-324
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Absorption Spectra, Abundance, Electron Density (Concentration), Interstellar Gas, Ion Concentration, Temperature Distribution, Ultraviolet Spectra, Absorptivity, Iue, Optical Thickness, Spectrum Analysis, Temperature Distribution, Velocity Distribution
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I present high-resolution International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) spectra of the ultraviolet absorption in an intermediate-velocity interstellar cloud (nuLSR approximately equal to +70 km/s) toward HD 203664. The combined, multiple IUE images result in spectra with S/N = 15-40 and resolutions of approximately 20-25 km/s. The intermediate-velocity cloud absorption is present in ultraviolet lines of C II, C II*, C IV, N I, O I, Mg I, Mg II, Al II, Al III, Si II, Si III, Si IV, S II, Cr II, Mn II, Fe II, and Zn II. The relative abundances of low-ionization species suggest an electron density of 0.15-0.34/cu cm and a temperature of 5300-6100 K in the neutral and weakly ionized gas. Given the presence of high-ionization gas tracers such as Si IV and C IV, ionized portions of the cloud probably contribute to the relatively large values of ne derived from measurements of the lower ionization species. The high-ionization species in the cloud have an abundance ratio, N(C IV)/N(Si IV) approximately equal to 4.5, similar to that inferred for collisionally ionized cloud interfaces at temperatures near 105 K along other sight lines. When referenced to sulfur, the abundances of most elements in the cloud are within a factor of 5 of their solar values, which suggests that the +70 km/s gas has a previous origin in the Galactic disk despite a recent determination by Little et al. that the cloud lies at a distance of 200-1500 pc below the Galactic plane. I have checked this result against a model of the ionization for the diffuse ionized gas layer of the Galaxy and find that this conclusion is essentially unchanged as long as the ionization parameter is low as implied by the abundances of adjoining ionization states of aluminum and silicon. The processes responsible for the production of highly ionized gas in the +70 km/s cloud appear to be able to account for the inferred dust grain destruction as well.
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