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Planned Observations of Hot Gas in the LISM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

R. McLean ,
J.C. Green  and
K.S. Gunderson
R. McLean
Affiliation:
Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, University of Colorado, Boulder, U.S.A.
J.C. Green
Affiliation:
Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, University of Colorado, Boulder, U.S.A.
K.S. Gunderson
Affiliation:
Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, University of Colorado, Boulder, U.S.A.

Abstract

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We plan to observe hot gas in the local interstellar medium (LISM) at high resolution using a rocket-borne spectrograph that can simultaneously observe OVI, NV and CIV at resolutions of 1 – 2kms−1. Data from a single flight will have sufficient signal to noise ratio to detect a broad 50kms−1 component down to a column density of N ≥ 0.5 × 1013cm−2. High-velocity components as fast as 300kms−1 can be detected. New high resolution observations of hot gas absorption line profiles will probe the kinematics of the local bubble, and comparison between the carbon, nitrogen and oxygen profiles will allow discrimination between the various production models.

Type
Part III Observations and Modeling of the Local Bubble and the SXRB
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 166: The Local Bubble and Beyond , 1997 , pp. 95 - 98
Copyright
Copyright © Springer-Verlag 1998

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