Interstellar Bow Shocks around Fast Stars Passing through the Local Interstellar Medium
Bow shocks are produced in the local interstellar medium by the passage of fast stars from the Galactic thin-disk and thick-disk populations with velocities V _* = 40–80 km s ^−1 .
J. Michael Shull, S. R. Kulkarni
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Diffuse interstellar clouds associated with dark clouds
Measurements of CH emission at 9 cm toward the bright stars ..cap alpha.. Cam and kappa Cas and from dark clouds near the stars reveal an association between diffuse clouds and dark clouds. Here the term diffuse clouds refers to clouds seen in optical absorption; the term dark clouds refers to opaque regions on the Palomar Sky Survey observed through ...
S. R. Federman, R. F. Willson
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Observations of Multiphase, High-velocity, Shocked Gas in the Vela Supernova Remnant
We present an analysis of high-resolution far-UV archival spectra obtained with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph on the Hubble Space Telescope of the star HD 75309, which probes high-velocity shocked gas in the Vela supernova remnant (SNR).
Adam M. Ritchey
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Shocks and Molecules in Diffuse Interstellar Cloud Pairs [PDF]
Abstract The diffuse interstellar medium (ISM) is dynamic, and its chemistry and evolution are determined by shock fronts as well as photodissociation. Shocks are implied by the supersonic motions and velocity dispersion, often statistically called “turbulence”.
William T. Reach, Carl Heiles
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The Turbulent Interstellar Medium [PDF]
An overview is presented of the main properties of the interstellar medium. Evidence is summarized that the interstellar medium is highly turbulent, driven on different length scales by various energetic processes.
Andreas Burkert +73 more
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Far-ultraviolet Dust Extinction and Molecular Hydrogen in the Diffuse Milky Way Interstellar Medium
We aim to compare variations in the full-UV dust extinction curve (912–3000 Å), with the H i /H _2 /total H content along diffuse Milky Way sightlines, to investigate possible connections between ISM conditions and dust properties. We combine an existing
Dries Van De Putte +4 more
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Serendipity observations of far infrared cirrus emission in the Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey: Analysis of far-infrared correlations [PDF]
We present an analysis of far-infrared dust emission from diffuse cirrus clouds. This study is based on serendipitous observations at 160 microns at high galactic latitude with the Multiband Imaging Photometer (MIPS) onboard the Spitzer Space Telescope ...
Bot, Caroline +6 more
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Interstellar processes: Ortho/para conversion, radiative association, and dissociative recombination
The study of the ortho-to-para ratio of assorted gas-phase interstellar molecules such as H2, H2O, NH3, and H2O+ has gained interest in recent years, based partially on new spectral observations of light hydrides by the Herschel Space Observatory ...
Herbst Eric
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INVESTIGATION OF DIFFUSE INTERSTELLAR BANDS OF ORGANIC MOLECULES IN THE SPECTRA OF CEPHEID STARS
We describe an effective method of investigation of the Diffuse Interstellar Bands (DIBs) in the spectra of Cepheid stars. DIBs are believed to originate from the absorption of such carriers as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the interstellar gaseous
S. V. Kashuba +5 more
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C$^+$ detection of warm dark gas in diffuse clouds [PDF]
We present the first results of the Herschel open time key program, Galactic Observations of Terahertz C$^+$ (GOT C+) survey of the [CII] fine-structure line at 1.9 THz (158 microns) using the HIFI instrument on Herschel.
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