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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 562, 期 2, 页码 L181-L184出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1086/338050
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Galaxy : halo; ISM : abundances; ISM : clouds; quasars : absorption lines; quasars : individual (Fairall 9, PG 1259+593)
We present Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer observations of interstellar molecular hydrogen (H-2) in two Galactic high-velocity clouds (HVCs). Molecular hydrogen absorption is detected in the Magellanic Stream (abundance similar to0.3 solar) toward the Seyfert galaxy Fairall 9 in the lowest three rotational states (J = 0-2) at v(LSR) = +190 km s(-1), yielding a total H-2 column density of log N(H-2) = 16.40(-0.53)(+0.26). In contrast, no H-2 absorption is seen in the HVC Complex C (abundance similar to0.1 solar) toward the quasar PG 1259+593 [log N(H-2) less than or equal to 13.96 at v(LSR) = -130 km s(-1)], although both HVCs have similar H I column densities on the order of log N(H I) approximate to 20. Weak H-2 absorption is detected in the Intermediate-Velocity Arch (IV Arch; abundance similar to1.0 solar) toward PG 1259+593 [log N(H-2) = 14.10(-0.44)(+0.21) at v(LSR) = -55 km s(-1) and N(H I) = 19.5]. It thus appears that metal and dust-poor halo clouds like Complex C are not able to form and maintain widely distributed H-2, whereas metal- and dust-rich halo clouds like the IV Arch can maintain H-2 even at low H I column densities.
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