Analysis of IUE observations of the galactic corona and the existence of molecular clouds in the halo
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- 1 October 1981
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Vol. 196 (3) , 527-532
- https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/196.3.527
Abstract
We re-analyse IUE observations of ions in the galactic corona and confirm Savage & de Boer's (1979) conclusion that the detected hot phase has T ∼ 8 × 104 K. The cold phase must be at T < 2.4 × 104 K and probably contains substantial amounts of molecular material. Molecules, such as CH+, OH and SH, may exist in detectable abundances in the transition regions between the hotter gas and the cold gas on the far sides of halo molecular clouds.Keywords
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