Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-03-06
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
LaTeX, 50 pages with 11 figures. Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Scientific paper
10.1086/503901
We report radio recombination line (RRL) and continuum observations of a sample of 106 Galactic HII regions made with the NRAO 140 Foot radio telescope in Green Bank, WV. We believe this to be the most sensitive RRL survey ever made for a sample this large. Most of our source integration times range between 6 and 90 hours which yield typical r.m.s. noise levels of 1.0--3.5 milliKelvins. Our data result from two different experiments performed, calibrated, and analyzed in similar ways. A CII survey was made at 3.5 cm wavelength to obtain accurate measurements of carbon radio recombination lines. When combined with atomic (CI) and molecular (CO) data, these measurements will constrain the composition, structure, kinematics, and physical properties of the photodissociation regions that lie on the edges of HII regions. A second survey was made at 3.5 cm wavelength to determine the abundance of 3He in the interstellar medium of the Milky Way. Together with measurements of the 3He+ hyperfine line we get high precision RRL parameters for H, 4He, and C. Here we discuss significant improvements in these data, with both longer integrations and newly observed sources.
Balser Dana S.
Bania Thomas M.
Quireza Cintia
Rood Robert T.
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