O VI absorption in the milky way along the large magellanic cloud lines of sight

Sarma, R; Pathak, A; Pradhan, A. C; Murthy, J; Sarma, J. K

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O VI absorption in the milky way along the large magellanic cloud lines of sight

Sarma, R; Pathak, A; Pradhan, A. C; Murthy, J; Sarma, J. K

URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2248/6550

Date: 2014-03-15

Abstract:

We have used Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) observations of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) to determine the O vi column densities in the Milky Way (MW) towards 6 LMC lines of sight. The mean column density of O vi in the MW is found to be log N(O vi) = View the MathML source14.257-0.084+0.096. The results confirm the patchiness of O vi absorption in the MW and the column densities are higher or comparable to the LMC.