Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 2011
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American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, #132.08; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
In the diffuse ISM, phases are classically categorized as largely ionized or neutral. The neutral phases come in two flavors, the Cold and Warm Neutral Media (the CNM and WNM), which have typical temperatures 50 and 5000 K. The ionized phases also come in two flavors, again classified by temperature: the Warm and Hot Ionized Media (the WIM and the HIM), which have typical temperatures 8000 and 106 K. There lurks a fifth phase, the Warm Partially Ionized Medium (WPIM). This is not widely recognized, mainly because it's presence is hard to establish observationally. It is well represented by the Local Interstellar Cloud (LIC), whose properties are very well specified in a series of papers by Redfield and Linsky. This fifth phase has a relatively high electron column but low emission measure, so it is not easily seen in H alpha. However, if the region is permeated by a typical magnetic field ( 6 microGauss), then it can produce a recognizable signature in Faraday rotation. We show a few examples and discuss the potential for large-scale mapping of this fifth ISM phase. Support for this work was provided in part by NSF grant AST-0908572.
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