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Very low upper limits on the strength of interstellar lithium lines toward SN 1987 A
Baade, Dietrich; Magain, Pierre
1988In Astronomy and Astrophysics, 194, p. 237-242
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Keywords :
ABSORPTION SPECTRA; INTERSTELLAR MATTER; LITHIUM; MAGELLANIC CLOUDS; SPECTRAL LINE WIDTH; SUPERNOVA 1987A; DATA REDUCTION; RADIAL VELOCITY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIOS; SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTION
Abstract :
[en] Seven CCD and eleven Reticon spectra of high spectral resolution and low noise have been carefully analysed in search for faint absorption lines due to neutral interstellar lithium lambda6708 Å along the line of sight to SN 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud. At the velocities of the strongest interstellar Ca II and Na I lines, no evidence of any interstellar feature has been found. An upper limit for the strongest components expected is 0.15 mÅ for both the Galaxy and the LMC. From these the authors infer elemental column densities N[SUB]Galaxy[/SUB] <= 2.6×10[SUP]11[/SUP]cm[SUP]-2[/SUP] and N[SUB]LMC[/SUB] <= 1.4×10[SUP]11[/SUP]cm[SUP]-2[/SUP] and gaseous elemental abundances (Li/H I)[SUB]Galaxy[/SUB] <= 7.7×10[SUP]-10[/SUP] and (Li/H I)[SUB]LMC[/SUB] <= 1.0×10[SUP]-10[/SUP] with an estimated uncertainty of the abundance limits of a factor of 4 (0.6 dex).
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Baade, Dietrich;  European Southern Observatory, Garching, Federal Republic of Germany
Magain, Pierre  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Astrophysique et traitement de l'image
Language :
English
Title :
Very low upper limits on the strength of interstellar lithium lines toward SN 1987 A
Publication date :
01 April 1988
Journal title :
Astronomy and Astrophysics
ISSN :
0004-6361
eISSN :
1432-0746
Publisher :
EDP Sciences, Les Ulis, France
Volume :
194
Pages :
237-242
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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