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HST/COS Spectra of DF Tau and V4046 Sgr: First Detection of Molecular Hydrogen Absorption Against the Lyα Emission Line

  • Authors: Hao Yang, Jeffrey L. Linsky, and Kevin France

Yang, Linsky, & France 2011 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 730 L10.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 1.

Two portions of the COS G130M spectra of DF Tau and V4046 Sgr. For display purposes, the DF Tau spectrum is scaled up by a factor of four and offset by +2 × 10 −14 erg s −1 cm −2 Å −1. The red dashed vertical lines identify the fluorescent Lyman-band H 2 emission lines and the red solid vertical lines identify the fluorescent Werner-band H 2 lines. The strong emission feature around 1176 Å is the C iii multiplet. Two carbon monoxide (CO) emission features are also marked in the lower panel and will be presented by K. France et al. (2011, in preparation).

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