Title:	
	Two Years of EUV Observations with the Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer (CHIPS)
Authors:	
	Sasseen, T. P.; Hurwitz, M.; CHIPS Team
Affiliation:	
	AA(UC Santa Barbara), AB(UC Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory)
Journal:	
	American Astronomical Society Meeting 205, #41.02
Publication Date:	
	12/2004
Origin:	
	AAS
Abstract Copyright:	
	(c) 2004: American Astronomical Society
Bibliographic Code:	
	2004AAS...205.4102S
Abstract
The first year of CHIPS (Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer) high-
resolution EUV spectral measurements showed that the expected EUV emission 
from hot gas in the local bubble, primarily from Fe, is nearly absent. To 
determine whether this is because of Fe depletion or is owing to the absence of 
hot gas, we have been observing in the last year in a higher sensitivity 
mode and report on our latest results. We continue to see only very faint 
EUV emission and have determined that at least part of the detected emission 
arises from within the solar system, rather than the local interstellar medium. 
We present our latest EUV spectra and discuss their implications for answering 
the question posed above.

The CHIPS team gratefully acknowledges support of NASA.