Crawford, Ian and Barlow, M.J. (1996) Ultra-high-resolution measurements of the intrinsic line profiles of interstellar C2 towards ζ Ophiuchi and HD 169454. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 280 (3), pp. 863-867. ISSN 0035-8711.
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Abstract
We have used the Ultra-High-Resolution Facility at the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT), operating at a resolution of 0.35 km s−1 (FWHM), to measure the intrinsic profiles of the Q(2) and Q(4) lines of the (2-0) Phillips band of interstellar C2 towards ζ Oph and HD 169454. The C2 lines were found to be very narrow, with intrinsic velocity dispersions (b-values) in the range 0.25−0.71 km s−1. In the case of ζ Oph, two velocity components (separation 1.10 ± 0.17 km s−1) have been resolved, and found to have rather different linewidths and rotational excitation temperatures. In the case of HD 169454, the data are consistent with a single velocity component, but the well-defined b-value (0.59 + 0.04 km s−1) and low kinetic temperature would then imply supersonic turbulent velocities. One way to avoid this conclusion is to postulate the existence of unresolved velocity structure (or a velocity gradient) within the cloud.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Natural Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Sarah Hall |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Aug 2019 14:08 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 17:53 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/28548 |
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