Published March 1, 1983
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Journal article
Interstellar abundances of oxygen and nitrogen
- 1. University of Chicago, IL
Description
Neutral nitrogen and oxygen column densities or limits are derived for 53 path lengths through the diffuse interstellar medium and compared with column densities of neutral hydrogen. For neither N nor O is a systematic increase of depletion found as reddening increases. The value found for [O/N] is 8, and the abundances of N and O are both between 40% and 70% of the solar values. Implications of these results for models of interstellar grains are briefly discussed
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Astrophys. J., Lett. Ed.
- Journal Volume
- 266
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Series
- Astrophys. J., Lett. Ed.
- Journal Page Range
- L55-L59
- ISSN
- 0571-7248
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 14781497
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; INTERSTELLAR GRAINS; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SPECTRAL DENSITY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRA
- Descriptors DEC
- ELEMENTS; FUNCTIONS; NONMETALS; PARTICLES; SPECTRA; SPECTRAL FUNCTIONS