[61.15] Where is the OVI towards the Loop I Superbubble?

AAS 204th Meeting, June 2004
Session 61 Structures in the Interstellar Medium
Poster, Wednesday, June 2, 2004, 10:00am-7:00pm, Ballroom

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[61.15] Where is the OVI towards the Loop I Superbubble?

S. M. Sallmen (Univ. of Wisconsin, La Crosse), E. J. Korpela (Space Sciences Lab, Univ. California at Berkeley), H. Yamashita (Univ. of Wisconsin, La Crosse)

Stellar winds and supernovae in the Sco-Cen OB association are believed to be responsible for the prominent Loop I Superbubble. Diffuse hot gas inside the superbubble is expected to produce OVI emission. In this experiment, Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) satellite observations of two adjacent pointing directions towards the Loop I superbubble will be compared. These two directions differ in soft X-ray flux by a factor of ~ 2. In the direction with lower soft X-ray flux, the distant OVI emission will be shadowed in the same way as the X-rays. Combining these two measurements will therefore allow us to study the conditions of the OVI-emitting gas within the superbubble. Preliminary results will be presented, based on the data already obtained.

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