Bibcode
Maíz Apellániz, J.; Barbá, R. H.; Sota, A.; Simón-Díaz, S.
Bibliographical reference
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 583, id.A132, 11 pp.
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2015
Journal
Citations
15
Refereed citations
13
Description
Context. Nearly one century after their discovery, the carrier or
carriers of diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) is/are still unknown and
there are few sightlines studied in detail for a large number of DIBs.
Aims: We want to study the ISM sightlines toward LS III +46 11
and LS III +46 12, two early-O-type stellar systems, and LS III +46 11
B, a mid-B-type star. The three targets are located in the stellar
cluster Berkeley 90 and have a high extinction. Methods: We used
the multiepoch high-S/N optical spectra presented in Paper I, the
extinction results derived there, and additional spectra.
Results: We measured equivalent widths, velocities, and FWHMs for a
large number of absorption lines in the rich ISM spectrum in front of
Berkeley 90. The absorbing ISM has at least two clouds at different
velocities, one with a lower column density (thinner) in the K i lines
located away from Berkeley 90 and another with a higher column density
(thicker) associated with the cluster. The first cloud has similar
properties for both O-star sightlines, but the second is thicker for LS
III +46 11. The comparison between species indicate that the cloud with
a higher column density has a denser core, allowing us to classify the
DIBs in a σ-ζ scale, some of these for the first time. The LS
III +46 12 sightline also has a high-velocity redshifted component.
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The IACOB project: A new Era in the Study of Galactic OB Stars
IACOB is an ambitious long-term project whose main scientific goal is to provide an unprecedented empirical overview of the main physical properties of Galactic massive O- and B-type stars which can be used as definitive anchor point for our theories of stellar atmospheres, winds, interiors and evolution of massive stars
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Simón Díaz