Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994aas...184.2906s&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, 184th AAS Meeting, #29.06; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 26, p.902
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
We present intermediate resolution GHRS observations of interstellar S II, Si II, Mg II, and N V absorption toward the bright quasar H 1821+643. Galactic rotation in the direction of H 1821+643 (l=94.0(0) , b=27.4(0) ) causes distant matter in the warped outer Galaxy to emit and absorb at LSR velocities approaching -150 km/s. We detected strongly saturated absorption by Si II and Mg II extending from +40 km/s to -150 km/s indicating the presence of gas containing these metals in the warped outer Galaxy. Strong N V absorption is found at low to intermediate velocity (+30 to -80 km/s ) and at very high velocity (-120 to -170 km/s). The low and intermediate velocity N V is associated with Galactic disk and halo gas similar to that previously studied with the IUE and the HST. The high velocity N V absorption appears to be centered on the velocity where the Si II and Mg II absorption end. We believe the high velocity N V is most likely associated with gas at RG>30 kpc, but can not rule out a more local explanation involving high velocity phenomena associated with energetic events occurring above a nearby spiral arm. The high level of ionization may be produced by collisional ionization within a hot/warm gas interface at the outer gaseous boundary of the Milky Way or in a region of low density warm gas photoionized by the extragalactic EUV background. The presence of N V at large Galactocentric distances in the direction of H 1821+643 has important implications for the origin of highly ionized gas seen in QSO absorption line systems. Support for this work was provided by NASA through grant numbers GO-3463.01-91A and HF-1038.01-92A.
Lu Limin
Savage Blair. D.
Sembach Kenneth Russell
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