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Quasi-stellar objects, investigating velocity dispersion, column densities and abundance of Mg and Fe in absorbing region by Stromgren method of line pairs
An evacuated high-resolution Czerny-Turner spectrograph, which is described in this paper, has been used to determine the strengths S and self-broadening parameters for lines in the R branch of the nu (sub 3) fundamental of carbon dioxide at 298 and at 207 K. The values of self-broadening parameters at 207 K are greater than those to be expected on the basis of a fixed collision cross section.
The strengths of the rotational lines in the R branch of the CO fundamental have been determined at temperatures of 298, 202, and 132 K by means of a high-resolution spectrograph. The results can be used to determine line strengths at other temperatures by means of the Herman-Wallis relation or by considerations of the populations of the rotational levels in the ground vibrational state. Parameters describing the self-broadening and carbon dioxide broadening of CO lines have been determined at 298 and 202 K. The results are compared with other recent experimental and theoretical studies.
We have measured the foreign-gas broadening coefficients for collisional broadening of lines in the nu-3 fundamental of N2O by He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe, H2, D2, and CH4. These coefficients, which give the ratio of the line-broadening ability of these gases to the line-broadening ability of N2, can be used with recent measurements and calculations of N2 broadening to obtain optical collision cross sections.
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The stellar Lyman-alpha line at 1216 A was observed in 29 lightly reddened stars of spectral type B2.5 to B9 by a far-UV spectrophotometer on OAO-2. The equivalent widths obtained range from 15 A at type B2.5 to 65 A at type B8; in the late-B stars, the L-alpha line removes 2 to 3% of the total stellar flux. In this sampling, the strength of the L-alpha line correlates well with measures of the Balmer discontinuity and Balmer line strengths; luminosity classification does not seem to affect the line strength. The observed line widths also agree with the predictions of Mihala's grid of non-LTE model atmospheres. In some cases, the L-alpha line influences the interstellar column densities reported in the interstellar OAO-2 L-alpha survey. Hence, these data toward lightly reddened B2 and B1.5 stars should be regarded as upper limits only.
Extensive high-resolution scans with the Copernicus UV spectrometer are combined with available ground-based data on interstellar lines to obtain temperatures, densities, and abundances in H I clouds and H II regions in the direction of zeta Oph. Column densities are obtained for 21 elements in various ionization stages, and upper limits are reported for 5 elements and 11 molecules. Analysis of radial velocities and growth curves indicates that H2, HD, and most neutral atoms are concentrated in one cloud with a heliocentric velocity of -14.4 km/s and that H II regions exist in addition to the Stroemgren sphere. The electron and proton densities are calculated for the -14.4 km/s cloud, and the temperatures required for the populations of the fine-structure levels in the C I ground state and the excited rotational levels of H2 are computed and indicate that the dense cloud must have some associated hotter regions. Relative to hydrogen, most of the elements in the H I clouds are found to be depleted by factors of 3 to 4000 as compared with solar system abundances, and several elements appear to be depleted in the H II regions as well.
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The paper presents the first ultraviolet high resolution spectroscopic measurements, obtained with the BUSS payload, of circumstellar lines towards Alpha(2) Sco of Mg I, Cr II, Fe II, Ni II, and Zn II. These lines arise in gas flowing outward from Alpha(1) Sco (M1.5 Iab). Ionization calculations result in a position of the B star along the line of sight at a distance of 783 (plus or minus 261) AU closer to us than the M star and a mass loss rate M(alpha-1 Sco) = 7.1 (plus or minus 3.5) x 10 to the -6th solar masses/yr. The inner radius of the expanding circumstellar envelope appears to be about 8.5 R(alpha-1 Sco) and its total gas mass is about 0.01 M(alpha-1 Sco). Mass loss may be important for the evolution of this red supergiant.
The velocity averaging of collision cross sections produces non-Lorentz line shapes, even at densities where Doppler broadening is not apparent. The magnitude of the effects will be described using a model in which the collision broadening depends on a simple velocity power law. The effect of the modified profile on experimental measures of linewidth, shift and amplitude will be examined and an improved approximate line shape will be derived.
Intensities were measured for 97 lines of H2O vapor between 932 and 961 nm. The lines were selected for their potential usefulness for remote laser measurements of H2O vapor in the earth's atmosphere. The spectra were obtained with several different H2O vapor abundances and N2 broadening gas pressures; the spectral resolution was 0.046/cm FWHM. Measured H2O line intensities range from 7 x 10 to the -25th to 7 x 10 to the -22nd/cm per (molecules/sq cm). H2O self-broadening coefficients were measured for 13 of these strongest lines; the mean value was 0.5/cm per atm. N2-collision-broadening coefficients were measured for 73 lines, and the average was 0.11 cm per atm HWHM. Pressure shifts in air were determined for a sample of six lines between 948 and 950 nm; these lines shift to lower frequency by an amount comparable to 0.1 of the collision-broadened widths measured in air or N2. The measured intensities of many lines of 300-000 band are much larger than expected from prior computations, in some cases by over an order of magnitude. Coriolis interactions with the stronger 201-000 band appear to be the primary cause of the enhancement of these line intensities.
UV interstellar lines have been measured on high-resolution, long- and short-wavelength IUE spectra of the B8 V star Mu Oph. Column densities for the observed atoms and ions have been determined as well as turbulent velocities. The interstellar spectrum of Mu Oph is similar to the ones for Rho Oph and Zeta Oph. The ionization equilibria of several elements give consistent limits for the electron density. The C I line arising from different fine-structure levels are studied to yield estimates on the physical conditions in the cloud. Relative depletion of elements in the cloud seen in the interstellar spectrum of Mu Oph follows the same pattern as seen in the interstellar spectra of Zeta Oph and six other stars in the Rho Oph cloud complex.
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Optical high-resolution 2.7-m McDonald Observatory observations of Epsilon Aur obtained during the 1982-1985 eclipse are discussed, with focus on the K I resonance lines, some Fe II and Ti II lines in the blue, and the near-infrared N I excitation lines. The N I lines are immune to contamination by the secondary, and their radial velocity decline over the three-year interval fits the predicted velocity curve. The 7664 A and 7699 A K I lines strengthen greatly during the eclipse due to gas in orbit around the secondary passing in front of the primary, and the velocity pattern analysis indicates a mass of the secondary to solar mass ratio of between about 3 and 6 and a primary mass of 3 solar masses. The data are consistent with the picture of a low-mass post-AGB primary having lost mass through a wind and by Roche-lobe transfer to the secondary, and which will evolve to a white dwarf in less than 10,000 years.
Since the launch of Copernicus in 1972, studies have been made of the depletion of gas-phase elements onto dust grains. A few stars have been studied in detail, resulting in a standard depletion pattern which has since been used for comparison. Recent developments, however, have suggested that this standard pattern may need to be re-examined. Some weak, semi-forbidden lines were detected recently which may be able to resolve some of the ambiguities. Studies of single elements have shown that depletion of carbon and oxgyen are much smaller than previously determined. The high resolution ultraviolet spectral scans of sigma Sco were originally made in 1973, but have only recently been analyzed. All these stars are bright and moderately reddened. All four stars will be analyzed in detail, but sigma Sco is the first one completed. The data has broad coverage of ions, making these stars excellent candidates for determination of accurate depletions. A profile-fitting analysis was used rather than curves-of-growth in order to determine separate abundances and depletions in components separated by several km/sec.
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