RRL OBSERVATIONS USING ORT AT 328 MHz AND WSRT AT 1.4 GHz FROM ELDWIM
- Raman Research Institute, C.V. Raman Avenue, Bangalore 560 080 (India)
Radio recombination line (RRL or RL for short) observations from 10 Galactic positions using the Ooty Radio Telescope (ORT) at 328 MHz and the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) at 1.4 GHz have been presented. ORT observations were made using a recently augmented New Digital Backend (NDB). NDB offered a bandwidth of 1 MHz that was used to observe H271{alpha} RL. The eight intermediate-frequency bands offered by WSRT in the incoherent addition mode were used to detect the seven H/Hen{alpha} RLs with n = 165-171 and the H208{beta} RL. RL observations common to WSRT and ORT have been put together to model the diffuse low-density ionized gas (extended low density warm ionized medium, ELDWIM). This modeling constrains the electron number density in ELDWIM to 1.0 cm{sup -3} < n{sub e} < 10.0 cm{sup -3} for a temperature range of 10{sup 3}-10{sup 4} K for these 10 positions. An effective stellar temperature of the H II region picture for three positions showing He line detection has been presented using spherical cloud modeling. The lower limits on the stellar temperatures are >33,000 K for the obtained ratios of N{sub He+}/N{sub H+} toward these directions.
- OSTI ID:
- 22034717
- Journal Information:
- Astronomical Journal (New York, N.Y. Online), Vol. 143, Issue 2; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1538-3881
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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