Deuterium abundance toward WD 2211-495: Results from the FUSE mission

G. Hébrard; M. Lemoine; A. Vidal-Madjar; J. M. Désert; A. Lecavelier Des Étangs; R. Ferlet; B. E. Wood; J. L. Linsky; J. W. Kruk; P. Chayer; S. Lacour; W. P. Blair; S. D. Friedman; H. W. Moos; K. R. Sembach; G. Sonneborn; W. R. Oegerle; E. B. Jenkins

doi:10.1086/339130

Deuterium abundance toward WD 2211-495: Results from the FUSE mission

G. Hébrard
, M. Lemoine
, A. Vidal-Madjar
, J. M. Désert
, A. Lecavelier Des Étangs
, R. Ferlet
, B. E. Wood
, J. L. Linsky
, J. W. Kruk
, P. Chayer
, S. Lacour
, W. P. Blair
, S. D. Friedman
, H. W. Moos
, K. R. Sembach
, G. Sonneborn
, W. R. Oegerle
, E. B. Jenkins

Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris
University of Colorado Boulder
Department of Physics
Johns Hopkins University
University of Victoria
Lab. for Astronomy and Solar Physics
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Princeton University Observatory
Department of Physics

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Abstract

We present a deuterium abundance analysis of the line of sight toward the white dwarf WD 2211 -495 observed with the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE). Numerous interstellar lines are detected on the continuum of the stellar spectrum. A thorough analysis was performed through the simultaneous fit of interstellar absorption lines detected in the four FUSE channels of multiple observations with different slits. We excluded all saturated lines in order to reduce possible systematic errors on the column density measurements. We report the determination of the average interstellar D/O and D/N ratios along this line of sight at the 95% confidence level: D/O = (4.0 ± 1.2) × 10^-2 and D/N = (4.4 ± 1.3) × 10^-1. In conjunction with FUSE observations of other nearby sight lines, the results of this study will allow a deeper understanding of the present-day abundance of deuterium in the local interstellar medium and its evolution with time.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	103-114
Number of pages	12
Journal	Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series
Volume	140
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/339130
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2002
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Cosmology: observations
ISM: abundances
ISM: clouds
Stars: individual (WD 2211-495)
Ultraviolet: ISM
White dwarfs

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Hébrard, G., Lemoine, M., Vidal-Madjar, A., Désert, J. M., Des Étangs, A. L., Ferlet, R., Wood, B. E., Linsky, J. L., Kruk, J. W., Chayer, P., Lacour, S., Blair, W. P., Friedman, S. D., Moos, H. W., Sembach, K. R., Sonneborn, G., Oegerle, W. R., & Jenkins, E. B. (2002). Deuterium abundance toward WD 2211-495: Results from the FUSE mission. Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, 140(1), 103-114. https://doi.org/10.1086/339130

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Deuterium abundance toward WD 2211-495: Results from the FUSE mission

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