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The contribution of ionizing starts to the far-infrared and radio emission in the milky way: evidence for a swept-up shell and diffuse ionized halo around the w4 chimney/supershell
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Terebey, Susan |
| Copyright Year | 1999 |
| Description | Normandeau have proposed that W4 is a galactic chimney, the only chimney to-date identified in our Galaxy. Using the recent approx. 1 min resolution IGA (Infrared Galaxy Atlas) and DRAO (Dominion Royal Astrophysical Observatory) CGPS (Canadian Galactic Plane Survey) galactic plane surveys we analyze the far-infrared and radio structure of the W 4 chimney/supershell. We show W4 has a swept-up partially ionized shell of gas and dust which is powered by the OCl 352 star cluster. Analysis of the dust column density establishes there is dense interstellar material below the shell, directly showing the dense material which caused the lower shell expansion to stall. Due to much lower densities above the Galactic plane, the upper W4 shell achieved 'breakout' to form a Galactic chimney. Although the shell appears ionization bounded, it is very inhomogenous and an ionized halo provides evidence of significant Lyman continuum leakage. A large fraction of the OCl 352 cluster photons escape to large distances and are available to ionize the WIM (warm ionized medium) component of the interstellar medium. |
| File Size | 927016 |
| Page Count | 21 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20030015719 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t7np70v68 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1999-12-18 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Astrophysics Far Infrared Radiation Radio Emission Galactic Structure Ionized Gases Radio Astronomy Ionization Infrared Astronomy Sky Surveys Astronomy Star Clusters Interstellar Matter Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |