Observations of Absorption by Water Vapor toward Sagittarius B2
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- 20 August 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astrophysical Journal
- Vol. 539 (2) , L111-L113
- https://doi.org/10.1086/312853
Abstract
We have observed the 110-101 pure rotational transitions of both H216O and H218O toward Sagittarius B2 using the Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite. The spectra thereby obtained show a complex pattern of absorption and—in the case of H216O—emission, with numerous features covering a wide range of LSR velocities (-130 to 130 km s-1) and representing absorption both in gas associated with Sgr B2 as well as by several components of foreground gas along the line of sight. The ortho-water abundance derived for the absorbing foreground gas is ~6 × 10-7 relative to H2.Keywords
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