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Nov 1991
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991apj...381..462w&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 381, Nov. 10, 1991, p. 462-473.
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Abundance, Early Stars, Interstellar Matter, Stellar Spectra, Absorption Spectra, D Lines, High Resolution, Metallicity, Stellar Composition
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High-resolution absorption measurements of the interstellar Na I D lines at 5890 A observed toward 27 early-type stars in the local interstellar medium (LISM) are presented. These results are combined with other high-resolution sodium measurements to map the space distribution of neutral sodium column density for some 118 stars out to less than 200 pc. These measurements indicate an upper limit to the neutral sodium column density of log N(Na I) less than 10.0/sq cm can be inferred out to a distance of 50 pc in most directions in the LISM. Also, the rarefield region of the Local Bubble may extend beyond 60 pc in at least 35 percent of the directions sampled thus far. Evidence is shown for a ubiquitous, comoving vector for neutral NaI gas clouds in the LISM which is in a different direction to LISM vectors previously reported for more ionized local gas clouds. A comparison of the measured sodium columns with those of interstellar Ca II for a sample of 12 stars within 95 pc results in a ratio of Na I/Ca II less than 0.5 for most stars. This value implies that there could be warm, neutral gas with T of about 12,500 K beyond 50 pc in the LISM.
Craig Nathaniel
Vallerga John V.
Vedder Peter W.
Welsh Barry Y.
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