Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1999-11-05
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
10 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in A&A main journal
Scientific paper
In ORFEUS II spectra of the sdO star BD +39 3226 interstellar hydrogen and deuterium is detected. From Ly alpha profile fitting and a curve of growth analysis of the Lyman series of H I and D I we derive the column densities N(H)=1.20(+0.28/-0.22)*10^20 cm^(-2) and N(D)=1.45(+0.50/-0.38)*10^(15) cm^(-2). From the analysis of metal absorption lines in ORFEUS and IUE spectra we obtain column densities for 11 elements. In addition, we examine absorption lines of H_2 for rotational excitation states up to J=7. We find an H_2 ortho-to-para ratio of 2.5, the fractional abundance of molecular hydrogen has a low value of log f=-4.08 for a total amount of N(H_2)=4.8(+2.0/-1.6)*10^15 cm^(-2). The column densities of the excitation states reveal a moderate Boltzmann excitation temperature of 130 K and an equivalent excitation temperature for the excited upper states due to UV pumping of <1800 K.
Bluhm Hendrik
de Boer Klaas. S.
Heber Uli
Marggraf Ole
Richter Philipp
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