Forbidden line of S II lambda 6716 in the galactic emission-line background
Forbidden line of S II lambda 6716 in the galactic emission-line background
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10.1086/163294
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发表时间:
1985-07
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R. J. Reynolds
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R. J. Reynolds
The forbidden line of S II has been detected at a wavelength lambda 6716 in the galactic background with an intensity relative to H alpha that is approximately four times higher than that observed in traditional H II regions. This result is the first strong evidence that the emission line spectrum of the faint background is significantly different from that of H II regions. It implies that scattered light from H II regions is not the dominant source of the background emission and that the ionization/excitation conditions within the regions that produce this background differ from the conditions in traditional H II regions. An analysis of the H alpha and S II forbidden line widths suggests that the emitting gas has a temperature of less than about 20,000 K and that the individual emission regions have random velocities typically less than about 30 km/s. 19 references.