Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-10-17
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
27 pages, 6 figures; accepted for publication in ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/319070
We present an analysis of interstellar and intergalactic absorption lines in the FUSE spectrum of the low-redshift quasar PG0804+761 (z=0.100) at intermediate resolution (FWHM=25 km/s) in the direction l=138.3, b=31.0. With a good signal-to-noise ratio and the presence of several interesting Galactic and extragalactic absorption components along the sight line, this spectrum provides a good opportunity to demonstrate the ability of FUSE to do both interstellar and extragalactic science. Although the spectrum of PG0804+761 is dominated by strong absorption from local Galactic gas, we concentrate our study on absorption by molecular hydrogen and neutral neutral and ionized metals related to an intermediate-velocity cloud in the lower Galactic halo at -55 km/s, and on absorption from OVI extended to negative velocities. In the IVC, weak molecular hydrogen absorption is found in 5 lines for rotational levels 0 and 1, leading to a total H_2 column density of log N = 14.71(+-0.30). We derive an OI gas-phase abundance for the IVC of 1.03(+0.71-0.42) solar. Absorption by OVI is found at velocities as negative as -110 km/s, but no absorption from any species is found at velocities of -180 km/ where absorption from the nearby high-velocity Complex A would be expected. We suggest that the extended OVI absorption traces hot gas above the Perseus spiral arm. Finally, we find intergalactic absorption by an intervening HI Ly betax absorber at z=0.019 and absorption by HI, CIII and OVI in an associated system at z=0.102. No intervening OVI absorbers are seen in the spectrum of PG0804+761.
Kalberla Peter M. W.
Richter Philipp
Savage Blair. D.
Sembach Kenneth Russell
Wakker Bart P.
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