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The Interstellar Medium in the Magellanic Bridge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

N. Lehner ,
F. P. Keenan ,
J. V. Smoker ,
P. L. Dufton ,
W.R.J. Rolleston ,
F.C. Mckenna ,
K. R. Sembach ,
J. E. Tohline ,
G. White  and
S. Stanimirović
N. Lehner
Affiliation:
Department of Pure and Applied Physics, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland
F. P. Keenan
Affiliation:
Department of Pure and Applied Physics, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland
J. V. Smoker
Affiliation:
Department of Pure and Applied Physics, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland
P. L. Dufton
Affiliation:
Department of Pure and Applied Physics, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland
W.R.J. Rolleston
Affiliation:
Department of Pure and Applied Physics, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland
F.C. Mckenna
Affiliation:
Department of Pure and Applied Physics, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland
K. R. Sembach
Affiliation:
The John Hopkins University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Bloomberg Center, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
J. E. Tohline
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-4001, USA
G. White
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Western Sydney Nepean, Kingswood, NSW, Australia
S. Stanimirović
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Western Sydney Nepean, Kingswood, NSW, Australia

Abstract

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HST ultra-violet and ground-based optical spectroscopy are presented for DI 1388, an early-type star in the Magellanic Bridge. These data have been supplemented with H I radio mapping of its environment. The spectroscopy shows interstellar components at LSR velocities of 0, 90 and 200 km s−1 – corresponding to the local ISM, a high velocity cloud and the Magellanic Bridge ISM, respectively. The last is the first absorption line detection of this material and shows the presence of both low (e.g., N I) and high (Si IV) ionization material. Further optical and HST UV observations of DI 1338 and another Bridge star, DGIK 975, are scheduled to investigate the chemical homogeneity and star formation history of the Bridge.

Type
Part 7. Tidal Interactions
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 190: New Views of the Magellanic Clouds , 1999 , pp. 501 - 502
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 

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