IUE observations of N V, a diagnostic of hot interstellar gas
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/192.1.73P
Bibcode: 1980MNRAS.192P..73S
Smith, L. J.; Hartquist, T. W.
United Kingdom, United States
Abstract
The paper reports IUE observations of interstellar N V toward a number of Wolf-Rayet stars and compares the derived number density with that predicted by one theory of the interstellar medium. The observed N V/O VI ratio implies that most of the hot gas in the interstellar medium is at T about 2.3 x 10 to the 5th K.
1980
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
IUE
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