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On the Correlation Between CO Absorption and Far-Ultraviolet Non-Linear Extinction Toward Galactic OB Stars

Authors :
Eric B. Burgh
Stephan R. McCandliss
Paul D. Feldman
B-G Andersson
Publication Year :
2000
Publisher :
arXiv, 2000.

Abstract

A sample of 59 sight lines to reddened Galactic OB stars was examined for correlations of the strength of the CO Fourth Positive (A - X) absorption band system with the ultraviolet interstellar extinction curve parameters. We used archival high-dispersion NEWSIPS IUE spectra to measure the CO absorption for comparison to parametric fits of the extinction curves from the literature. A strong correlation with the non-linear far-UV curvature term was found with greater absorption, normalized to E(B-V), being associated with more curvature. A weaker trend with the linear extinction term was also found. Mechanisms for enhancing CO in dust environments exhibiting high non-linear curvature are discussed.<br />Comment: 10 pages, including 6 figures. LaTeX2e (emulateapj5.sty). To appear in ApJ, Sep 20, 2000

Details

Database :
OpenAIRE
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....f97f3bc1bc779d38a7ae31476b88288f
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0005187