Table · dataset · 2017
Hydrogen in diffuse molecular clouds
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Recent sub-millimeter and far-infrared wavelength observations of absorption in the rotational ground state lines of various simple molecules against distant Galactic continuum sources have opened the possibility to study the chemistry of diffuse molecular clouds Milky Way-wide.
Description
In order to calculate abundances the column densities of molecular and atomic hydrogen, HI, must be known. We aim at determining the atomic hydrogen column densities for diffuse clouds located on the sight lines toward a sample of prominent high mass star forming regions that were intensely studied with the HIFI instrument onboard Herschel.
Based on Jansky Very Large Array data, we employ the 21-cm HI absorption-line technique to construct profiles of the HI opacity versus radial velocity toward our target sources. These profiles are combined with lower resolution archival data of extended HI emission to calculate the HI column densities of the individual clouds along the sight lines. We employ Bayesian inference to estimate the uncertainties of the derived quantities.
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Our study delivers reliable estimates of the atomic hydrogen column density for a large number of diffuse molecular clouds at various Galactocentric distances. Together with column densities of molecular hydrogen derived from its surrogates observed with HIFI, the measurements can be used to characterize the clouds and, e.g., investigate the dependence of their chemistry on the molecular fraction.
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- Reference page cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+A/600/A2 ↗
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Documentation and papers
- ADS 2017A&A...600A...2W ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017A%26A...600A...2W ↗
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Catalogue records · 2
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- Registry record (GAVO) dc.g-vo.org/I/cds.vizier/j/a%2Ba/600/a2 ↗
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Topics
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics
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- Astronomical sciences 68%
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