Astrophysics and Space Science

, Volume 2, Issue 4, pp 510–519 | Cite as

Dust and atomic hydrogen nearρ Ophiuchi

  • P. Mészáros
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Abstract

We discuss the distribution of dust and atomic hydrogen in and around a small dark cloud nearρ Ophiuchi. Although the obscuration reaches values as high as 8 magnitudes, the values ofNH derived inside the cloud do not differ markedly from those found at nearby, less obscured points. At low values of the obscuration, dust and hydrogen isophotes show satisfactory agreement, i.e.,NH increases withNG. However, we find thatNH starts decreasing for sufficiently large values ofNG. In the entire range of optical extinctions investigated our observations are satisfied by an expression of the typeNH=ANG exp (-BNG). Interpretation of this relationship suggests that an appreciable part of the hydrogen has been converted to molecular form inside the cloud. A tentative method for calculating the time elapsed since the conversion process began is proposed.

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Hydrogen Dust Atomic Hydrogen Entire Range Satisfactory Agreement 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • P. Mészáros
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  1. 1.Instituto Argentino de RadioastronomíaBuenos AiresArgentina

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