The ionization of the local interstellar medium as revealed by Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer observations of N, O, and Ar toward white dwarf stars

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 538, Issue 1 PART 2, 2000, Pages

  Jenkins, E B ^a   Oegerle, W R ^b   Gry, C ^c,d   Vallerga, J ^e   Sembach, K R ^b   Shelton, R L ^b   Ferlet, R ^f   Vidal Madjar, A ^f   York, D G ^g   Linsky, J L ^h   Roth, K C ^b   Dupree, A K ⁱ   Edelstein, J ^e  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Spain)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

ⁱ SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

ISM: abundances; ISM: clouds; Ultraviolet: ISM; White dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034691349     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/312786     Document Type: Article

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