Atomic Carbon in Southern Hemisphere High‐Latitude Clouds
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- 10 April 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astrophysical Journal
- Vol. 479 (1) , 296-302
- https://doi.org/10.1086/303876
Abstract
We report the detection of atomic carbon in a sample of eight southern hemisphere high Galactic latitude molecular clouds, using the Antarctic Submillimeter Telescope and Remote Observatory. The 492 GHz (3P1 →3P0) transition of [C I] was detected in all of the clouds observed. The C/CO column density ratio ranges from 0.4 to 2.5 and is similar to the values previously measured in high-latitude clouds MBM 12 and HD 210121. For all 10 high-latitude clouds observed in [C I], C/CO averages ~1.2 and decreases with increasing total gas column density NH, as predicted by translucent cloud models. Quantitative comparison with chemical models of homogeneous clouds is unsatisfactory, however, and we conclude that the clumpy structure of clouds must be taken into account in order to interpret the data properly.Keywords
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