A view of PKS 2155-304 with XMM-Newton Reflection Grating Spectrometers
We present the high resolution X-ray spectrum of the BL Lac object PKS 2155-304 taken with the RGS units onboard XMM-Newton in November 2000. We detect a OVII Kalpha resonant absorption line from warm/hot local gas at 21.59A (~4.5 sigma detection).
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UV-Vis Spectra of Carbonic Acid: Rationalizing Experimental Redshifts between Monomer and Bulk based on (H<sub>2</sub>CO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>n</sub> Calculations. [PDF]
In bulk carbonic acid (e.g., in interstellar icy dust grains) cluster formation produces two distinct UV‐Vis spectral features redshifted by ≈2 eV (25 nm) and by ≈5 eV (80 nm) compared to gas phase single molecule carbonic acid 's adiabatic ionization energy. Theory and experiment were used to investigate the origin of these shifts.
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Predicted profiles of ultraviolet interstellar absorption lines
In this paper, values of the column density, line width parameter, and velocity are determined for as many components derived from optical interstellar absorption-line profiles of Na I and K I as needed to reproduce the observed high-resolution optical profiles of the D lines of Na I toward eight lightly reddened stars and of the 7698 A line of K I ...
D. E. Welty, L. M. Hobbs, D. G. York
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New 3-D gas density maps of NaI and CaII interstellar absorption within 300pc
We present new high resolution (R>50,000) absorption measurements of the NaI doublet (5889 - 5895A) along 482 nearby sight-lines, in addition to 807 new measurements of the CaII K (3933A) absorption line.
Lallement, Rosine +3 more
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Abundances of interstellar atoms from ultaviolet absorption lines
The equivalent widths of interstellar absorption lines of Mg II, P II, Cl I and II, Mn II, Fe II, Cu II, and Ni II, obtained in a Copernicus survey of Bohlin et al (1983) have been analyzed to yield column densities along the lines of sight. The measured depletions are clearly correlated with n sub H, the mean hydrogen column density along the line of ...
E. B. Jenkins +2 more
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A photospheric metal line profile analysis of hot DA white dwarfs with circumstellar material
Some hot DA white dwarfs have circumstellar high ion absorption features in their spectra, in addition to those originating in the photosphere. In many cases, the line profiles of these absorbing components are unresolved.
Barstow, Martin A. +2 more
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How to Imagine Educational AI: The Filling of a Pail or the Lighting of a Fire?
Abstract Recent advances in artificial intelligence (e.g., machine learning, generative AI) have led to increased interest in its application in educational settings. AI companies hope to revolutionize teaching and learning by tailoring material to the individual needs of students, automating parts of teachers' jobs, or analyzing educational data to ...
Michał Wieczorek, Alberto Romele
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Regarding the Detection of Interstellar C4 and C5 Molecules
Analysis of very high signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) spectra of reddened stars allowed us to determine an upper limit (UL) of the column density N (C _4 ).
G. A. Galazutdinov +2 more
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High-Resolution Optical Observations of Interstellar Absorption Lines [PDF]
AbstractWe briefly note several current topics concerning the properties of interstellar clouds for which high-resolution optical spectra play a significant role: (1) the recognition and characterization of small-scale (sub-pc) structure in both atomic and molecular gas; (2) the discovery of variations in the 7Li/6Li isotopic ratio in the nearby ...
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