FUSE Observations of the Galactic and Intergalactic Medium Towards H1821+643
arXiv:astro-ph/0005343 · doi:10.1086/312798
Abstract
We have obtained moderate resolution spectra of the bright QSO H1821+643 (z=0.297) in the wavelength interval 990-1185A with FUSE. Strong, complex OVI 1032 and FeII 1145 absorption arising in gas above several spiral arms and the outer warp of our Galaxy is detected. We have identified absorption by a high negative-velocity (-215 km/s) component of OVI, which corresponds to the limiting velocity of v_LSR = 190+/-20 km/s for Milky Way gas along this line of sight, assuming corotation of disk and halo gas and a flat rotation curve for the outer galaxy. We report the detection of four absorbers in the intergalactic medium, through detections of Lyman beta at z=0.2454 and z=0.1213, Lyman delta, epsilon, zeta in a system at z=0.2249, CIII 977 at z=0.1705, and OVI 1032 at z=0.12137. The FUSE data show that the Lyman absorbers at z=0.225 are composed of 2 components separated by 70 km/s. Finally, we have observed associated absorption from OIII 832, OIV 787, and possibly SV 786 at the redshift of the QSO (z= 0.297). NeVIII 770,780 is not detected in this associated system. When combined with the previous detection of associated OVI 1032 (Savage et al, 1998), we conclude that this system is a multiphase absorber, and we discuss the origin of the absorption in this context.
5 pages, 3 figures, to appear in the FUSE Special Issue of ApJ Letters
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