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COBE Far Infrared Absolute Spectrophotometer Observations of Galactic Lines
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The COBE Far Infrared Absolute Spectrophotometer (FIRAS) observations constitute an unbiased survey over the wavelength range from 100 μm to 1 cm over 99% of the sky. Improved calibration of the FIRAS instrument and the inclusion of all of the FIRAS data allow an improved signal-to-noise ratio determination of the spectral lines by a factor of ~2 over our previous results. The resolution is low (0.45 cm -1 ), so only the strongest lines are observable. The CO chain from J = 1-0 to J = 8-7 is observed toward the Galactic center. The line ratios are roughly consistent with a 40 K excitation temperature. The 157.7 μm C II and 205.3 μm N II lines are observable over most of the sky. The 370.4 and 609.1 μm lines of C I and the 121.9 μm line of N II are observed in the Galactic plane. The line ratios at the Galactic center are consistent with a density of n 0 ~ 30 cm -3 and a UV flux of G 0 ≈ 15 μW m -2 sr -1 (10 Habing units). The 269 μm H 2 O line is observed toward the Galactic center in absorption.
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- Authors
- Fixsen, D. J., Bennett, C. L., & Mather, J. C.
- Venue
- The Astrophysical Journal
- Publisher
- American Astronomical Society
- Published
- 1999-11-20
- Volume
- 526
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 207-214
- ISSN
- 0004-637X (ISSN-L)
- 1538-4357
- OpenAlex
- W2059309055
- Cited by
- 230
- References
- 2
- FWCI
- 5.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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