FUV Images and Physical Properties of the Orion-Eridanus Superbubble region

  • Ko, Young-Soo (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)) ;
  • Min, Kyoung-Wook (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)) ;
  • Seon, Kwang-Il (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI))
  • Published : 2010.10.06

Abstract

The far-ultraviolet (FUV) C IV and H2 emission spectra of Orion-Eridanus Superbubble (OES) is hereby presented. The OES seems to consist of multiple phase through the detection of highly-ionized gas and pervasive neutral hydrogen. The former is traced by hot gas while the latter is traced by cold medium. A spectral image made with H2 fluorescent emission shows that the spatial distribution of hydrogen molecule is well correlated with the dust map. The model spectra was taken from a photodissociation region (PDR) radiation code which finds a best suitable parameter such as hydrogen density and intensity of the radiation field. C IV emission is caused by intermediate temperature ISM about 10^5 K. Therefore we could get more clear evidence to reveal the morphology of OES. In this process, the hydrogen density and gas temperature were also estimated. The data were obtained with the Far-Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph (FIMS) and the whole data handling were followed by previous FIMS analysis.

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