Interstellar Ti II in the Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds

Abstract

We discuss several sets of Ti II absorption-line data, which probe a variety of interstellar environments in our Galaxy and in the Magellanic Clouds. Comparisons of high-resolution (FWHM ~ 1.3-1.5 km/s) Ti II spectra of Galactic targets with corresponding high-resolution spectra of Na I, K I, and Ca II reveal both similarities and differences in the detailed structure of the absorption-line profiles -- reflecting component-to-component differences in the ionization and depletion behaviour of those species. Moderate-resolution (FWHM ~ 3.4-4.5 km/s) spectra of more heavily reddened Galactic stars provide more extensive information on the titanium depletion in colder, denser clouds -- where more than 99.9 per cent of the Ti may be in the dust phase. Moderate-resolution (FWHM ~ 4.5-8.7 km/s) spectra of stars in the Magellanic Clouds suggest that the titanium depletion is generally much less severe in the LMC and SMC than in our Galaxy [for a given N(H_tot), E(B-V), or molecular fraction f(H_2)] -- providing additional evidence for differences in depletion patterns in those two lower-metallicity galaxies. We briefly discuss possible implications of these results for the interpretation of gas-phase abundances in QSO absorption-line systems and of variations in the D/H ratio in the local Galactic ISM.

56 pages, 26 figures, accepted to MNRAS

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