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Table 2

Covering fractions for different ions (in percent).

f c f c f c f c f c f c f c f c

Ion log Nlim a all sky b> 0° 0°<b< 75° b ≥ 75° b ≤ 0° −75°<b ≤ 0° b ≤ −75° All sky
without MSb

Si iii 12.1 0.95 77 ± 6 73 ± 7 79 ± 7 19 ± 11 89 ± 13 88 ± 13 55–100 72 ± 7
Si ii 12.3 0.95 70 ± 6 66 ± 6 72 ± 7 19 ± 11 79 ± 12 76 ± 12 55–100 65 ± 6
C ii 13.2 0.96 70 ± 6 66 ± 6 72 ± 7 13 ± 9 82 ± 12 80 ± 13 55–100 66 ± 6
C iv 12.9 0.94 58 ± 7 44 ± 7 50 ± 9 0 73 ± 12 70 ± 13 55–100 44 ± 7

Notes. Note that only those HVC absorbers are considered that are detected in at least two transitions.

(a)

Completeness level at Nlim; see Sect. 3.1.

(b)

See Table 3 for adopted (l,b) ranges.

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