Measuring Interstellar Carbon Abundance via 158 μm [C ii] Absorption with SOFIA—A Potential Detection and Proof-of-concept for Depletion Studies with Future Far-IR Facilities

Measuring Interstellar Carbon Abundance via 158 μm [C ii] Absorption with SOFIA—A Potential Detection and Proof-of-concept for Depletion Studies with Future Far-IR Facilities

Carbon plays key roles in the interstellar medium (ISM)—as a constituent of dust, as the carrier of the dominant far-infrared (FIR) cooling line, and as a component of various important molecules. But despite this, there are very few measurements of the abundance and depletion of carbon in the diffu...

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Main Authors: Christopher J. R. Clark, Julia. C. Roman-Duval, Suzanne C. Madden, Marc Mertens, Claire E. Murray, Jürgen Stutzki, Elizabeth Tarantino, Kirill Tchernyshyov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Series:The Astronomical Journal
Subjects:
Far infrared astronomy
Interstellar line absorption
Interstellar abundances
Astronomical techniques
Infrared telescopes
Space telescopes
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/add40f
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