Probable detection of H-alpha emission from a very high velocity cloud in Cetus

Journal Article · Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989 · Astrophysical Journal; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1086/185518· OSTI ID:5246979

Kutyrev, A S; Reynolds, R J ^[1]

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1. Moskovskii Gosudarstvennyi Universitet, Moscow (USSR)

A high-sensitivity search for H-alpha emission from a -300 km/s H-I cloud in Cetus was performed using a large-aperture Fabry-Perot spectrometer. Weak emission features were noted in the H-alpha spectra at radial velocities coinciding with the 21-cm emission. The H-alpha surface brightness of the cloud is found to be 2.0 + or - 0.5 x 10 to the -8th ergs/sq cm per s per sr. The results are used to set an upper limit of 200,000/sq cm per s on the flux of Lyman-continuum photons in the vicinity of the cloud, almost a factor of 10 lower than the flux estimated to be present within the Galactic halo and comparable to some estimates for the intergalactic EUV radiation field. 17 refs.

• OSTI ID: 5246979
• Journal Information: Astrophysical Journal; (USA), Vol. 344; ISSN 0004-637X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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