Discovery of carbon radio recombination lines in absorption towards Cygnus A
Oonk JBR, van Weeren RJ, Salgado F, Morabito LK, Tielens AGGM, Rottgering HJA, Asgekar A, White GJ, Alexov A, Anderson J, Avruch IM, et al. (2014)
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 437(4): 3506-3515.
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Oonk, J. B. R.;
van Weeren, R. J.;
Salgado, F.;
Morabito, L. K.;
Tielens, A. G. G. M.;
Rottgering, H. J. A.;
Asgekar, A.;
White, G. J.;
Alexov, A.;
Anderson, J.;
Avruch, I. M.;
Batejat, F.
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Abstract / Bemerkung
We present the first detection of carbon radio recombination line absorption along the line of sight to Cygnus A. The observations were carried out with the Low Frequency Array in the 33-57 MHz range. These low-frequency radio observations provide us with a new line of sight to study the diffuse, neutral gas in our Galaxy. To our knowledge this is the first time that foreground Milky Way recombination line absorption has been observed against a bright extragalactic background source. By stacking 48 carbon alpha lines in the observed frequency range we detect carbon absorption with a signal-to-noise ratio of about 5. The average carbon absorption has a peak optical depth of 2 x 10(-4), a line width of 10 km s(-1) and a velocity of +4 km s(-1) with respect to the local standard of rest. The associated gas is found to have an electron temperature T-e similar to 110 K and density n(e) similar to 0.06 cm(-3). These properties imply that the observed carbon alpha absorption likely arises in the cold neutral medium of the Orion arm of the Milky Way. Hydrogen and helium lines were not detected to a 3 Sigma peak optical depth limit of 1.5 x 10(-4) for a 4 km s(-1) channel width. Radio recombination lines associated with Cygnus A itself were also searched for, but are not detected. We set a 3 Sigma upper limit of 1.5 x 10(-4) for the peak optical depth of these lines for a 4 km s(-1) channel width.
Stichworte
ISM;
radio lines:;
local interstellar matter;
ISM: general;
ISM: structure
Erscheinungsjahr
2014
Zeitschriftentitel
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Band
437
Ausgabe
4
Seite(n)
3506-3515
ISSN
0035-8711
Page URI
https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/2653428
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Oonk JBR, van Weeren RJ, Salgado F, et al. Discovery of carbon radio recombination lines in absorption towards Cygnus A. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 2014;437(4):3506-3515.
Oonk, J. B. R., van Weeren, R. J., Salgado, F., Morabito, L. K., Tielens, A. G. G. M., Rottgering, H. J. A., Asgekar, A., et al. (2014). Discovery of carbon radio recombination lines in absorption towards Cygnus A. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 437(4), 3506-3515. doi:10.1093/mnras/stt2158
Oonk, J. B. R., van Weeren, R. J., Salgado, F., Morabito, L. K., Tielens, A. G. G. M., Rottgering, H. J. A., Asgekar, A., et al. 2014. “Discovery of carbon radio recombination lines in absorption towards Cygnus A”. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 437 (4): 3506-3515.
Oonk, J. B. R., van Weeren, R. J., Salgado, F., Morabito, L. K., Tielens, A. G. G. M., Rottgering, H. J. A., Asgekar, A., White, G. J., Alexov, A., Anderson, J., et al. (2014). Discovery of carbon radio recombination lines in absorption towards Cygnus A. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 437, 3506-3515.
Oonk, J.B.R., et al., 2014. Discovery of carbon radio recombination lines in absorption towards Cygnus A. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 437(4), p 3506-3515.
J.B.R. Oonk, et al., “Discovery of carbon radio recombination lines in absorption towards Cygnus A”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 437, 2014, pp. 3506-3515.
Oonk, J.B.R., van Weeren, R.J., Salgado, F., Morabito, L.K., Tielens, A.G.G.M., Rottgering, H.J.A., Asgekar, A., White, G.J., Alexov, A., Anderson, J., Avruch, I.M., Batejat, F., Beck, R., Bell, M.E., van Bemmel, I., Bentum, M.J., Bernardi, G., Best, P., Bonafede, A., Breitling, F., Brentjens, M., Broderick, J., Brueggen, M., Butcher, H.R., Ciardi, B., Conway, J.E., Corstanje, A., de Gasperin, F., de Geus, E., de Vos, M., Duscha, S., Eisloeffel, J., Engels, D., van Enst, J., Falcke, H., Fallows, R.A., Fender, R., Ferrari, C., Frieswijk, W., Garrett, M.A., Griessmeier, J., Hamaker, J.P., Hassall, T.E., Heald, G., Hessels, J.W.T., Hoeft, M., Horneffer, A., van der Horst, A., Iacobelli, M., Jackson, N.J., Juette, E., Karastergiou, A., Klijn, W., Kohler, J., Kondratiev, V.I., Kramer, M., Kuniyoshi, M., Kuper, G., van Leeuwen, J., Maat, P., Macario, G., Mann, G., Markoff, S., McKean, J.P., Mevius, M., Miller-Jones, J.C.A., Mol, J.D., Mulcahy, D.D., Munk, H., Norden, M.J., Orru, E., Paas, H., Pandey-Pommier, M., Pandey, V.N., Pizzo, R., Polatidis, A.G., Reich, W., Scaife, A.M.M., Schoenmakers, A., Schwarz, D., Shulevski, A., Sluman, J., Smirnov, O., Sobey, C., Stappers, B.W., Steinmetz, M., Swinbank, J., Tagger, M., Tang, Y., Tasse, C., ter Veen, S., Thoudam, S., Toribio, C., van Nieuwpoort, R., Vermeulen, R., Vocks, C., Vogt, C., Wijers, R.A.M.J., Wise, M.W., Wucknitz, O., Yatawatta, S., Zarka, P., Zensus, A.: Discovery of carbon radio recombination lines in absorption towards Cygnus A. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 437, 3506-3515 (2014).
Oonk, J. B. R., van Weeren, R. J., Salgado, F., Morabito, L. K., Tielens, A. G. G. M., Rottgering, H. J. A., Asgekar, A., White, G. J., Alexov, A., Anderson, J., Avruch, I. M., Batejat, F., Beck, R., Bell, M. E., van Bemmel, I., Bentum, M. J., Bernardi, G., Best, P., Bonafede, A., Breitling, F., Brentjens, M., Broderick, J., Brueggen, M., Butcher, H. R., Ciardi, B., Conway, J. E., Corstanje, A., de Gasperin, F., de Geus, E., de Vos, M., Duscha, S., Eisloeffel, J., Engels, D., van Enst, J., Falcke, H., Fallows, R. A., Fender, R., Ferrari, C., Frieswijk, W., Garrett, M. A., Griessmeier, J., Hamaker, J. P., Hassall, T. E., Heald, G., Hessels, J. W. T., Hoeft, M., Horneffer, A., van der Horst, A., Iacobelli, M., Jackson, N. J., Juette, E., Karastergiou, A., Klijn, W., Kohler, J., Kondratiev, V. I., Kramer, M., Kuniyoshi, M., Kuper, G., van Leeuwen, J., Maat, P., Macario, G., Mann, G., Markoff, S., McKean, J. P., Mevius, M., Miller-Jones, J. C. A., Mol, J. D., Mulcahy, D. D., Munk, H., Norden, M. J., Orru, E., Paas, H., Pandey-Pommier, M., Pandey, V. N., Pizzo, R., Polatidis, A. G., Reich, W., Scaife, A. M. M., Schoenmakers, A., Schwarz, Dominik, Shulevski, A., Sluman, J., Smirnov, O., Sobey, C., Stappers, B. W., Steinmetz, M., Swinbank, J., Tagger, M., Tang, Y., Tasse, C., ter Veen, S., Thoudam, S., Toribio, C., van Nieuwpoort, R., Vermeulen, R., Vocks, C., Vogt, C., Wijers, R. A. M. J., Wise, M. W., Wucknitz, O., Yatawatta, S., Zarka, P., and Zensus, A. “Discovery of carbon radio recombination lines in absorption towards Cygnus A”. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 437.4 (2014): 3506-3515.
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