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Scientific paper
Nov 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992apjs...83..147s&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (ISSN 0067-0049), vol. 83, no. 1, p. 147-201.
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Abundance, Galactic Halos, Interstellar Matter, Ionized Gases, Iue, Photoionization, Data Reduction, Halos, Milky Way Galaxy, Stellar Envelopes, Ubv Spectra
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A sample of high-quality sight lines is studied by means of IUE spectra to study the formation of Si IV, C IV, and N V in the Galaxy and constrain the mechanisms of halo gas formation. High-dispersion IUE spectra are taken for 12 objects to give combined spectra for studying the halo gas along the sight lines. N V absorption is reported in 10 of the sightlines suggesting that hot collisionally ionized gas dominates the Galactic halo. Analyses are conducted to derive the Doppler-spread parameters of the Si IV, C IV, and N V components that are theorized to dominate the collisionally ionized gas. The observed column-density ratios of the high ions are given and shown to be generally constant throughout the Galaxy with no variation according to the distance of the absorbing gas from the Galactic plane. Existing photoionization and collisional models cannot simultaneously predict the column densities and ratios of Si IV, C IV, and N V. It is concluded that the implementation of self-ionization and other mechanisms could make the models more effective.
Savage Blair. D.
Sembach Kenneth Russell
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