Detection of [OI] 63 mu m in absorption toward Sgr B2

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Baluteau, JP
Cox, P
Cernicharo, J
Pequignot, D
Caux, E
Lim, T
Swinyard, B
White, G
Kessler, M
Prusti, T
Barlow, M
Clegg, PE
Emery, RJ
Furniss, I
Glencross, W
Gry, C
Joubert, M
Liseau, R
Nisini, B
Saraceno, P
Serra, G
Armand, C
Burgdorf, M
DiGiorgio, A
Molinari, S
Price, M
Texier, D
Sidher, S
Trams, N
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[1] UNIV PARIS 11, INST ASTROPHYS SPATIALE, F-91405 ORSAY, FRANCE
[2] OAN, E-28800 ALCALA DE HENARES, SPAIN
[3] CSIC, IEM, DPTO FIS MOL, E-28006 MADRID, SPAIN
[4] OBSERV PARIS, DAEC, F-92195 MEUDON, FRANCE
[5] UPS, CNRS, CESR, F-31028 TOULOUSE 04, FRANCE
[6] ISO SCI OPERAT CTR, LWS INSTRUMENT DEDICATED TEAM, E-28080 MADRID, SPAIN
[7] RUTHERFORD APPLETON LAB, DIDCOT OX11 0QX, OXON, ENGLAND
[8] UNIV LONDON QUEEN MARY & WESTFIELD COLL, LONDON E1 4NS, ENGLAND
[9] ESA, DIV ASTROPHYS, ISO SCI OPERAT CTR, E-28080 MADRID, SPAIN
[10] UCL, DEPT PHYS & ASTRON, LONDON WC1E 6BT, ENGLAND
[11] CNR, IST FIS SPAZIO INTERPLANETARIO, I-00044 FRASCATI, ITALY
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ISM: abundances; (ISM:); dust; extinction; (ISM:) H II regions; ISM: individual objects: Sgr B2; infrared: ISM: continuum; infrared: ISM: lines and bands;
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摘要
A high signal-to-noise 52-90 mu m spectrum is presented for the central part of the Sagittarius B2 complex. The data were obtained with the Long Wavelength Spectrometer on board the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO). The [O I] 63 mu m line is detected in absorption even at the grating spectral resolution of 0.29 mu m. A lower limit for the column density of atomic oxygen of the order of 10(19) cm(-2) is derived. This implies that more than 40% of the interstellar oxygen must be in atomic form along the line of sight toward the Sgr B2 molecular cloud.
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