{
  "id": "1202.3012",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2012-02-14T12:10:01.000Z",
  "updated": "2012-02-14T12:10:01.000Z",
  "title": "The kinetic temperature in a damped Lyman-alpha absorption system in Q2206-199 - an example of the warm neutral medium",
  "authors": [
    "R. F. Carswell",
    "G. D. Becker",
    "R. A. Jorgenson",
    "M. T. Murphy",
    "A. M. Wolfe"
  ],
  "comment": "9 pages, 3 figures. MNRAS accepted",
  "categories": [
    "astro-ph.GA",
    "astro-ph.CO"
  ],
  "abstract": "By comparing the widths of absorption lines from OI, SiII and FeII in the redshift z=2.076 single-component damped Lyman alpha absorption system in the spectrum of Q2206-199 we establish that these absorption lines arise in Warm Neutral Medium gas at ~12000 +/- 3000K. This is consistent with thermal equilibrium model estimates of ~ 8000K for the Warm Neutral Medium in galaxies, but not with the presence of a significant cold component. It is also consistent with, but not required by, the absence of CII* fine structure absorption in this system. Some possible implications concerning abundance estimates in narrow-line WNM absorbers are discussed.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2012-02-14T12:10:01.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "warm neutral medium",
      "damped lyman-alpha absorption system",
      "kinetic temperature",
      "lyman alpha absorption system",
      "single-component damped lyman alpha absorption"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "doi": "10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20746.x",
      "journal": "Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society",
      "year": 2012,
      "month": "May",
      "volume": 422,
      "number": 2,
      "pages": 1700
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 9,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 1088999,
      "adsabs": "2012MNRAS.422.1700C"
    }
  }
}