Bibcode
Wendt, M.; Husser, Tim-Oliver; Kamann, Sebastian; Monreal-Ibero, A.; Richter, Philipp; Brinchmann, Jarle; Dreizler, Stefan; Weilbacher, Peter M.; Wisotzki, Lutz
Referencia bibliográfica
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 607, id.A133, 16 pp.
Fecha de publicación:
11
2017
Revista
Número de citas
10
Número de citas referidas
8
Descripción
Context. We map the interstellar medium (ISM) including the diffuse
interstellar bands (DIBs) in absorption toward the globular cluster NGC
6397 using VLT/MUSE. Assuming the absorbers are located at the rim of
the Local Bubble we trace structures on the order of mpc (milliparsec, a
few thousand AU). Aims: We aimed to demonstrate the feasibility
to map variations of DIBs on small scales with MUSE. The sightlines
defined by binned stellar spectra are separated by only a few arcseconds
and we probe the absorption within a physically connected region.
Methods: This analysis utilized the fitting residuals of individual
stellar spectra of NGC 6397 member stars and analyzed lines from neutral
species and several DIBs in Voronoi-binned composite spectra with high
signal-to-noise ratio (S/N). Results: This pilot study
demonstrates the power of MUSE for mapping the local ISM on very small
scales which provides a new window for ISM observations. We detect small
scale variations in Na I and K I as well as in several DIBs within few
arcseconds, or mpc with regard to the Local Bubble. We verify the
suitability of the MUSE 3D spectrograph for such measurements and gain
new insights by probing a single physical absorber with multiple sight
lines.
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