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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 2.

Lyα emission profiles of DF Tau (top panel) and V4046 Sgr (bottom panel). The red dashed lines indicate the uncertainty levels, and the vertical ticks mark the wavelengths of coincident Lyman-band H 2 transitions. The blue areas indicate our estimates of the absorption in the H 2 pumping transitions. In the bottom panel, the emission bump centered around 1215.7 Å is geocoronal emission and is not from the star.

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