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2003ApJ...587..551D - Astrophys. J., 587, 551-561 (2003/April-3)
A quadruple-phase strong mg II absorber at z ∼ 0.9902 toward PG 1634+706(1,).
DING J., CHARLTON J.C., BOND N.A., ZONAK S.G. and CHURCHILL C.W.
Abstract (from CDS):
Seven Mg II clouds have sizes of 1-1000 pc and densities of 0.002-0.1 cm–3, with a gradual decrease in density from blue to red. The Mg II phase gives rise to most of the C IV absorption and resembles the warm, ionized intercloud medium of the Milky Way.
Instead of arising in the same phase as Mg II, Mg I is produced in separate, narrow components with b∼0.75 km/s. These small Mg I pockets (∼100 AU) could represent a denser phase (∼200 cm–3) of the interstellar medium (ISM), analogous to the small-scale structure observed in the Milky Way ISM.
A ``broad phase'' with a Doppler parameter b∼60 km/s is required to consistently fit Lyα, Lyβ, and the higher order Lyman series lines. A low metallicity (logZ≲-2) for this phase could explain why the system is ``C IV-deficient'' and also why N V and O VI are not detected. This phase may be a galactic halo, or it could represent a diffuse medium in an early-type galaxy.
The strong absorption in Si IV relative to C IV could be produced in an extra, collisionally ionized phase with a temperature of T∼60,000 K. The collisional phase could exist in cooling layers that are shock heated by supernova-related processes.
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Journal keyword(s): Galaxies: Evolution - Galaxies: Halos - Galaxies: Quasars: Absorption Lines
Simbad objects: 5
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