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(1997).
Detection of [O I] 63 μm in absorption toward Sgr B2star.
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 322
L33-L36.
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Abstract
A high signal-to-noise 52-90 μm spectrum is presented for the central part of the Sagittarius B2 complex. The data were obtained with the Long Wavelength Spectrometer on board the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO). The [O I] 63 μm line is detected in absorption even at the grating spectral resolution of 0.29 μm. A lower limit for the column density of atomic oxygen of the order of 1019 cm-2 is derived. This implies that more than 40\% of the interstellar oxygen must be in atomic form along the line of sight toward the Sgr B2 molecular cloud.
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