2022ApJ...924...86Q -
Astrophys. J., 924, 86-86 (2022/January-2)
The warm gas in the Milky Way: the kinematical model of C IV and its connection to Si IV.
QU Z., LINDLEY R. and BREGMAN J.N.
Abstract (from CDS):
We compose a 265-sight-line Milky Way C IV line-shape sample using the Hubble Space Telescope/Cosmic Origins Spectrograph archive, which is complementary to the existing Si IV samples. C IV has a higher ionization potential (47-64 eV) than Si IV (33-45 eV), so it also traces warm gas, which is roughly cospatial with Si IV. The spatial density distribution and kinematics of C IV are identical to those Si IV within ≃2σ. C IV is more sensitive to the warm gas density distribution at large radii with a higher element abundance. Applying the kinematical model to the C IV sample, we find two possible solutions of the density distribution, which are distinguished by the relative extension along the disk midplane and the normal-line direction. Both solutions can reproduce the existing sample and suggest a warm gas disk mass of logM(M☉)~8 and an upper limit of logM(M☉)< 9.3 within 250 kpc, which is consistent with Si IV. There is a decrease in the C IV/Si IV column density ratio from the Galactic center to the outskirts by 0.2-0.3 dex, which may suggest a phase transition or different ionization mechanisms for C IV and Si IV. Also, we find that the difference between C IV and Si IV is an excellent tracer of small-scale features, and we find a typical size of 5°-10° for possible turbulence within individual clouds (≃1 kpc).
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© 2022. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.
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Circumgalactic medium - Interstellar medium - Ultraviolet astronomy - Quasar absorption line spectroscopy
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